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Symphony of a City (1947)

Aug 15, 1947 Documentary 0h 18m
69%
User Score
6.9/10

Overview

A short film about Stockholm. Sweden's first Oscar, 1949 Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

Arne Sucksdorff
Director

Top Billed Cast

Mats Björne
Mats Björne
Björn Näslund
Björn Näslund
Bo Tobiasson
Bo Tobiasson
Erland Colliander
Erland Colliander

Church caretaker
Sven Ericsson
Sven Ericsson
Sala-Frasse
Sala-Frasse

Fisherman
Anders Nohrborg
Anders Nohrborg

Full Cast & Crew

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on July 12, 2025

I wonder in how many city centres could you find fishermen gently plying their trade with a catch caught from under the gaze of the Royal Palace? It’s that sort of image that this conveys as it takes us on a distinctly tourism-free trip of this gorgeous city. It’s not a sightseeing exercise, it consists more of a few stand-alone sequences that gradually lead us to a young lad who hasn’t quite appreciated that leaving his freshly caught sprats on the quay beside him was merely going to invite the pesky gulls! An artist sketches a scene that causes another to abandon his catch so he can spruce himself up a bit; some boys seek refuge from some others in an imposing church and a thunderstorm offers the tiniest of hope for a romance between a young couple sheltering in a doorway. It’s a...

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