Pippi Longstocking (1969)
"Pippi Långstrump" (original title)

Pippi Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika in this compilation film of the classic Swedish TV series.

Director:

Olle Hellbom

Writers:

Astrid Lindgren (novels), Astrid Lindgren (screenplay)

Stars:

Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Inger Nilsson	...	Pippi Långstrump
Maria Persson	...	Annika
Pär Sundberg	...	Tommy
Margot Trooger	...	Fröken Prysselius
Hans Clarin	...	Donner-Karlsson
Paul Esser	...	Blom
Ulf G. Johnsson	...	Police constable Kling
Göthe Grefbo	...	Police constable Klang
Fredrik Ohlsson	...	Sven Settergren
Öllegård Wellton
Staffan Hallerstam	...	Benke
Lissi Alandh
Meta Velander
Siv Ericks
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Susan Davis	...	Pippi Longstocking (voice)

Storyline

Pippi Longstocking, a child of incredible strength, moves by herself to a Swedish town with her monkey, horse, and a bag full of gold coins. She befriends two children, Annika and Tommy, shocks the adults of the town, defends herself from bandits, and has a reunion with her seafaring father.

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Plot Keywords:

children | pippi | female protagonist | child protagonist | based on novel | 

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Taglines:

The most famous children's book of the last decade - Now a motion picture!

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Genres:

Adventure | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

Sweden West Germany

Language:

Swedish German

Release Date:

9 May 1969 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Pippi Longstocking

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beta Film, KB Nord Art, Svenks AB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This German-made compilation film was intended to be the ultimate film version of the Swedish Pippi Longstocking TV series (as it includes most of the series' key moments), but due to its phenomenal success at the West German box-office, and news of an original theatrical feature film (Pippi in the South Seas) about to go into production in Sweden, Beta Film (the German co-producers of the Swedish TV series/movies, and the makers of this compilation film) quickly went to work on a second theatrical compilation film (Pippi Goes on Board) a few months later to cash in on the rising Pippi-Mania.

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Goofs

When Pippi and shipmate flings the cake toppings onto the captains eyes. Pippi flung a red one first and the shipmate flung a white one second. But in the next shot the white one hit the captains eye first and the red one hit second.

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Connections

Featured in Gilmore Girls: We Got Us a Pippi Virgin (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Hey, Pippi Langstrumpf!"
("Hey, Pippi Longstocking")
Main Title Theme
Based upon "Här Kommer Pippi Långstrump" ("Here Comes Pippi Longstocking")
Composed by Jan Johansson (original) and Konrad Elfers
Lyrics by Astrid Lindgren (original), Wolfgang Franke, and Helmut Harun
Performed by Eva Mattes

User Reviews

Pure Nostalgia

This was, without a doubt, my favorite movie when I was a little kid. I haven't been able to get a hold of the other three yet but my family and I used to watch these all the time and seeing it today makes me long for those days of my childhood. I still get the same feeling I did as a kid and I would recommend this film to any family!

The child actors in this are awesome, they really bring the characters to life. The story is great and I'm sure you'll like it too if you've enjoyed the books. I thought that it was shot pretty well too and that the dubbing was done well. I've enjoyed everything about this film for years and will for years to come!