Samson & Sally (1984)
"Samson og Sally" (original title)

Samson is a young whale that doesn't have friends. He spends his time listening to his mother's stories about the legendary whale Moby Dick. Samson becomes fascinated about it and decides to go on a journey to find Moby Dick.

Director:

Jannik Hastrup

Writers:

Bent Haller (book), Jannik Hastrup,

Stars:

Jesper Klein, Helle Hertz, Per Pallesen

Cast

Credited cast:
Jesper Klein	...	Samson (voice)
Helle Hertz	...	Sally (voice)
Per Pallesen	...	Sea gull (voice)
Bodil Udsen	...	Samson's mother (voice)
Poul Thomsen	...	Samson's father (voice)
Kirsten Peüliche	...	Dolphin (voice)
Berthe Qvistgaard	...	Tortoise (voice)
Claus Ryskjær	...	Baleen whale (voice)
Preben Neergaard	...	Moby Dick (voice)
Ole Ernst	...	Captain (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Staffan Hallerstam	...	(voice)
Mathias Henrikson	...	(voice)
Heinz Hopf	...	(voice)
Ingvar Kjellson	...	(voice)
Louise Ræder	...	(voice)

Storyline

Samson is a young whale that doesn't have friends. He spends his time listening to his mother's stories about the legendary whale Moby Dick. Samson becomes fascinated about it and decides to go on a journey to find Moby Dick.

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Plot Keywords:

whale | moby dick | talking animal | skeleton | surrealism | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Romance

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Details

Country:

Denmark Sweden

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

12 October 1984 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Samson & Sally: The Song of the Whales

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dansk Tegnefilm, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film uses an unusual technique for cel animation: after the animation is completed on paper, the drawings are photocopied onto card, colored and painted with oil pastels, Indian ink and acrylic, cut out and applied to the cel using double-sided sellotape. This technique was used again for Jannik Hastrup's next two films: Dreaming of Paradise, War of the Birds and The Secret Weapon.

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Connections

References Bambi (1942)

User Reviews

delightful,thoughtful,sad

This animated movie is one of the best ones I've seen. Forget Disney movies

• although the animation may not match that of Disney cartoons, this one

has much more to offer otherwise: messages of love and unity, of loneliness and contentedness and much more. It also points to man's folly of whale hunting and thus it somewhat resembles Melville's Moby Dick. I recommend this to anyone and everyone.