The Gulls

Synopsis

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence. Though presented as pure nature study, the film was widely read as an allegory of Nazism—a symbolic parable of predation and violence during wartime. Sucksdorff himself denied such intent, but remarked that “a film that is not open to interpretation is a dead film.”

CAST

Arne Sucksdorff

Director

Willy Peters

Narrator (voice)

Arne Sucksdorff

Director

Willy Peters

Narrator (voice)