Assassins d'eau douce (TEFC)

A study of the life of carnivorous freshwater larvae, with interesting jazz background music. Commentary in French. Was awarded the first prize in its section at the 1947 Brussels Film Festival.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Jean Painleve

production company

Comptoir Francais du Film Documentaire

Duration

00:24:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1947

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000665

Language

French

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Biology

Animals & Wildlife → Freshwater fauna

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Freshwater fauna

Foreign language films

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology

Short films

Short films → Short films - France

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/65015--assassins-deau-douce-tefc/ |title=Assassins d'eau douce (TEFC) |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=16 March 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

France, 1947

Please note