Pippi Långstrump (1969)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Olle Hellbom

Writers:

Astrid Lindgren (novels)
Astrid Lindgren (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 May 1969 (West Germany)

Genre:

Adventure | Family

Plot:

Pippi Longstocking, a child of incredible strength, moves by herself to a Swedish town with her monkey...

Plot Keywords:

Children | Pippi | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Inger Nilsson	...	Pippi Långstrump
Maria Persson	...	Annika
Pär Sundberg	...	Tommy
Margot Trooger	...	Fröken Prysselius
Hans Clarin
Paul Esser
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)
Beppe Wolgers	...	Kapten Efraim Långstrump

Also Known As:

Pippi Langstrumpf (West Germany)
Pippi Longstocking (USA)

Runtime:

Germany:100 min | USA:99 min

Country:

Sweden | West Germany

Language:

Swedish | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | USA:G | West Germany:6

Company:

Beta Film

Trivia:

The production of Pippi was a bit too expensive for the Swedish film makers at that time so they received financial support from some Germany companies. This is why some of the actors are German such as the two villains and Fröken Pryselius.

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Gilmore Girls: We Got Us a Pippi Virgin (#5.5)" (2004)

Fun stuff

At last I got a copy of this old classic. It's much better than "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking" (1988). Ingor Nilsson is a much younger, cuter, and more convincing Pippi. The version I saw was dubbed in English, not too bad, but I'm sure a subtitled version could be found. The whole movie is fun to watch, with Pippi causing chaos everywhere she goes. She gets chased by the lady from the orphanage and thieves try to rob her house. Near the end of the movie, when she shows off just how strong she is, this was my favorite scene.

It's a classic movie that everyone knows the name of, but unfortunately not everyone has actually seen this older version of it. I highly recommend it.