Odyssey of Life

Overview

From inside the human body and the miracle of developing life to an insects world seen from the point of view of the insect, cinematographer Lennart Nilsson shows us the world in new ways. Part I, "The Ultimate Journey", moves from fertilization to birth of the human child, with excursions into comparative embryology. "The Unknown World" explores fur beetles and book worms and viruses among others - you will not be able to look at a fur coat the same way again. And in "The Photographer's Secrets" the technical people who developed the instruments he used explain how the cinemagic is done - a kiss from the inside, an opera singer's vocal cords, a tractor as seen 'over the shoulder' of an emerging worm.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 24, 1996

Original language

Swedish

Countries

France

Production

Channel 4 Television

Director

Mikael Agaton

Writer

Mikael Agaton,Thomas Friedman

Cinematography

Lennart Nilsson

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0117230