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In 1910 a team of young Swedish scientists sailed to the far North of Australia in search of the missing link between man and ape. They did not find it and, in their search, they lost themselves. The expedition returned to Sweden with smuggled indigenous human remains and artefacts accompanying the flora and fauna they collected. Dark Science tells the story of an expedition gone badly awry, of a meglomaniacal leader and of the men who found paradise but failed to recognise it. Shot in remote regions of the Kimberley in Australia, and in Stockholm and Varberg in Sweden, the film uses diary sources, stunning black and white footage from the expedition and Mjoberg’s novel Wings of Poison to provide a shocking glimpse into the mind of early 20th century Western man.

Australia - 2007 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Johan Gabrielsson, Warwick Thornton Writer David Milroy Camera Warwick Thornton, Casimir Reuterskiold Sound Stephen Best Editing Jane St. Vincent-Welch Music David Bridie Narrator Jack Thompson

Production Frank Haines Films, 76 Cambridge St Stanmore, 2048 NSW Sydney, Australie Fax : + 61 295 165 060 E-mail : frapen@optusnet.com.au

Sales SBS Television, Locked Bag 028, Crows Nest, NSW 1585 Sydney, Australie Tél : +61 2 9430 3240 Fax : +61 2 9906 4797 E-mail : fiona.gilroy@sbs.com.au