Body Troopers (1996)
"Jakten på nyresteinen" (original title)

A little kid shrinks himselfs so that he can travel into the body of his grandfather. Here he has to kill the kidney-stone his grandfather is suffering from.

Director:

Vibeke Idsøe

Writer:

Vibeke Idsøe

Stars:

Torbjörn T. Jensen, Jenny Skavlan, Benjamin Helstad

7 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Torbjörn T. Jensen	...	Simon
Jenny Skavlan	...	Alvéole (French Version)
Benjamin Helstad	...	Globule (French version)
Kjersti Holmen	...	Mrs. Galle
Lage Fosheim	...	Galle junior
Morten Faldaas	...	Sekret Service-agenten
Sigve Bøe	...	Stemmebåndsoperatøren
Harald Eia	...	Tåretankoperatøren
Bjørn Jenseg	...	A. Pendixrud
Jan Devo Kornstad	...	Hvitt punkterblodlegene
Tone Hulbækmo	...	Hjerteharpen
Leif Dubard	...	Hjernecentraloperatøren
Herborg Kråkevik	...	Røde kjærlighetsvakt
Helén Vikstvedt	...	Røde kjærlighetsvakt
Terje Strømdahl	...	Bestefar

Storyline

A little kid shrinks himselfs so that he can travel into the body of his grandfather. Here he has to kill the kidney-stone his grandfather is suffering from.

---

Plot Keywords:

kidney stone | blood cell | miniaturization | bad breath | shrinking | 

---

Genres:

Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi | Fantasy

---

Details

Official Sites:

The Norwegian Film Institute

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Release Date:

4 October 1996 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Chasing the Kidneystone

Filming Locations:

Norsk film A/S, Bekkestua, Bærum, Akershus, Norway

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmkameratene A/S, NRK Drama, Norsk Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Visa d'exploitation en France : # 98203

---

Connections

Remade as Osmosis Jones (2001)

---

Soundtracks

"Woman's got a soul"

User Reviews

Clever kids film about a Fantastic Voyage into a persons body to put it right

A little kid who lives with his grandfather shrinks himself, with the aid of his teddy bear, in order to go inside his grandfather's body to see whats making him ill. With the help of two "people" he meets on the inside he sets about making his grandfather well.

Sue me I really liked this movie. I have no idea why I should have warmed to this kids film but I did. Perhaps its the design (which is just neat to look at) and the sense that there is something behind the story beyond just being a live action Osmosis Jones for kids (it is very clever a good deal of the time). This is a kids film that just tells its story and so it becomes something more than just a kids film.

No, its not perfect. I find the talking teddy bear oddly done, the real world stuff just misses and the pacing is off, I'd have liked it move not so much faster as differently, the rhythm seems off somehow. Still I liked it. I'd give it a 6.5 myself, with a 6 for the IMDb since in many ways its better in the parts than as a whole.

Definitely worth trying if you run across the film, especially if you are open to good, but not great kids films with really cool looks to them.