Dunderklumpen! (1974)

Director:

Per Åhlin

Writer:

Beppe Wolgers

Release Date:

January 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

En svensk tecknad långfilm av Per Åhlin

Plot:

On an evening in northern Sweden, during one night when the sun only partially sets, the animated character...

Plot Keywords:

Part Animation | Rural Setting

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Beppe Wolgers	...	Himself (as Beppe)
Jens Wolgers	...	Himself (as Jens)
Halvar Björk	...	Dunderklumpen / Jorm (voice)
Håkan Serner	...	Lionel (voice)
Gösta Ekman	...	Dummy (voice)
Toots Thielemans	...	Pellegnillot (voice)
Lotten Strömstedt	...	Doll (voice)
Sif Ruud	...	Elvira Fattigan (voice)
Birgitta Andersson	...	Blomhåret (voice)
Stig Grybe	...	One Eye (voice)
Hans Alfredson	...	Bee (voice)
Kerstin Dunér	...	Herself (as Kerstin Wolgers)
Bert-Åke Varg	...	Old House (voice)
Camilla Wolgers	...	Camilla

Directed by
Per Åhlin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Beppe Wolgers

Produced by
Gunnar Carlsson	....	producer

Original Music by
Toots Thielemans

Cinematography by
Lennart Carlsson
Pelle Svensson		(as Per Svensson)

Film Editing by
Per Åhlin

Sound Department
Björn Almstedt	....	sound
Jack Cooley	....	mixer: English language version
Sven Fahlén	....	sound
Lars Klettner	....	sound
Jan-Erik Lundberg	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Lennart Carlsson	....	still photographer

Animation Department
Saskia Ackema	....	color artist
Tibor Belay	....	animator
Esther Eckstein	....	color artist
Anna-Lena Fries	....	color artist
Gunilla Fries	....	color artist
Hans Åke Gabrielsson	....	animator
Michaela Halvegård	....	color artist
Birgitta Jansson	....	animator
Ann-Britt Kaptein	....	color artist
Tony Pahlborn	....	color artist
Gullmaj Persson	....	color artist (as Gull-Maj Persson)
Karin Schmidt	....	color artist
Ib Steinaa	....	animator
Christina Svensson	....	color artist
Pelle Svensson	....	animator (as Per Svensson)
Inger Torstensdotter	....	color artist
Marie Torstensdotter	....	color artist
Per Åhlin	....	animator

Music Department
Claes Rosendahl	....	music arranger

Other crew
Johan Grefsäter	....	technical staff
Jörn Hinsch	....	technical staff
Olle Johnsson	....	technical staff
Staffan Liljander	....	technical staff
Vic Margutti	....	technical staff
Conny Marnelius	....	technical staff
Lynn Monwaring	....	producer: English language version
Karin Olafsson	....	technical staff
Karl Rasmusson	....	technical staff

Production Companies

• G.K. Film

Distributors

• G.G. Communications Inc. (1977) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)

Other Companies

• AB Europa Film  sound recording
• Language and Motion Ltd.  English producer

Also Known As:

"Dunder Klumpen" - USA (video box title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Ströms vattudal, Jämtlands län, Sweden

Company:

G.K. Film

Trivia:

A mixture of live-action and animation.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: Episode dated 10 October 1991" (1991)

Representative of an era gone by

The appeal of the film Dunderklumpen for adults lies mainly in its nostalgic walk down memory lane to the age of innocence. The film is a document of the idealistic world view prevalent in Sweden in the early seventies. It is an eloquent nature idyll, in which children are innocent, fathers are clumsy, money is the root of all evil, criminals are good people at heart and can be rehabilitated and poor, elderly people have a lease on true natural wisdom.

Many of these traits are also present in the work of Astrid Lindgren and Beppe Wolgers was closely involved in the dramatisation of some of her books. The story's idealism is thus deeply rooted in its time and that forms part of its charm. The beautiful natural settings and the jazzy music by Toots Thielemans do the rest.