Pippi Longstocking (1969 film)

Pippi Longstocking
The DVD cover by Joseph Smith
Directed by	Olle Hellbom
Written by	Astrid Lindgren (novel)
Produced by	Ernst Liesenhoff Olle Nordemar
Starring	Inger Nilsson Maria Persson Pär Sundberg
Cinematography	Kalle Bergholm
Edited by	Jan Perrson Jutta Schweden
Music by	Konrad Elfers
Production companies	Beta Film KB Nord Art Svenks AB Sveriges Radio
Distributed by	G.G. Communications (United States)
Release dates	May 9, 1969 (1969-05-09) (West Germany) December 25, 1973 (1973-12-25) (USA)
Running time	100 min.
Countries	Sweden West Germany
Languages	Swedish, German

Pippi Longstocking (original Swedish title Här kommer Pippi Långstrump, original German title: Pippi Langstrumpf) is a 1969 Swedish/West German movie, based on the eponymous children's books by Astrid Lindgren with the cast of the 1969 TV series Pippi Longstocking. The film consisted of re-edited footage from the TV series featuring a new soundtrack. It was produced by Beta Film, one of the German co-producers of the original show, while the Swedish TV series was still in post-production and has never been aired in Sweden. The movie was followed by Pippi Goes on Board, released later in the same year. It was released in the US in 1973.

Plot

A mysterious young girl, Pippi Longstocking, moves into the abandoned Villa Villekulla. The redheaded Pippi, living alone but for a monkey called Mr. Nilsson and her horse Little Old Man, befriends two neighboring children, Tommy and Annika. Soon inseparable companions, the three youngsters embark upon a series of colorful escapades, which turn the small Swedish town upside down. Local busybody Miss Prysselius schemes to have Pippi put into a children's home, and sets the town's bumbling cops Kling and Klang on her with riotous results.

Cast

Character	Original actor	English Dubbing
Pippi Longstocking	Inger Nilsson	Susan Davis
Annika	Maria Persson
Tommy	Pär Sundberg
Captain Efraim Longstocking	Beppe Wolgers
Mrs. Prysselius	Margot Trooger
Dunder-Karlsson	Hans Clarin
Blom	Paul Esser
Police Inspector Kling	Ulf G. Johnsson
Police Inspector Klang	Göthe Grefbo
Mr. Settergren	Fredrik Ohlsson
Mrs. Settergren	Öllegård Wellton
Benke	Staffan Hallerstam

Dubbing Staff

• Voice Director: Gordon Zahler

In popular culture

The film is shown in the episode "We Got Us a Pippi Virgin" of season 5 of Gilmore Girls. In the episode, Rory Gilmore and Lorelai Gilmore profess their love for the film and choose to watch it in place of Cool Hand Luke.

See also

• Pippi Longstocking - character
• Pippi Longstocking - Swedish television series

External links

• Pippi Longstocking at IMDb