Up and Away (film)
(Redirected from Hodja from Pjort)
| Up and Away | |
|---|---|
| Danish | Hodja fra Pjort |
| Directed by | Karsten Kiilerich |
| Produced by | Kim Magnusson Tivi Magnusson Anders Mastrup[1] |
| Edited by | Hans Perk |
| Music by | Halfdan E Sebastian[2] |
Production companies | M&M Productions A. Film Production |
| Distributed by | Mis. Label United International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes[3] |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| Box office | $1,230,407[4] |
Up and Away (Danish: Hodja fra Pjort, lit. 'Hodja from Pjort')[1] is a 2018 Danish animated fantasy adventure film[5] written and directed by Karsten Kiilerich, based on the children's book of the same name by Danish writer Ole Lund Kirkegaard.[1][6][7]
Premise
[edit]Young boy Hodja lives in the small town of Pjort, but dreams of traveling the world. So – against his father's wishes – Hodja makes a deal with his neighbour that lets him borrow his flying carpet on the condition that Hodja will try to find the man's granddaughter, Diamond.[8]
Cast
[edit]- Thure Lindhardt as Hodja
- Özlem Saglanmak as Smaragd
- Peter Zhelder as Rotten
- Kurt Ravn as El Faza
- Peter Frödin as Sultan
- Raaberg as Mor Birgitte
- Lars Ranthe as Far
- Rebecca Rønde Kiilerich as Perlesten
- Jens Jacob Tychsen as Grumme
- Troells Toya as Salep
- Erik Holmey and Michael Zuckow Mardorf as Vagt
- Vibeke Duehol as the Sultan's favourite wife[6]
Release
[edit]The film was released in Denmark on 2 February 2018, where it received 164,273 admissions in Danish cinemas.[9] It grossed $1,230,407 worldwide.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Up and Away (Hodja fra Pjort) at Cineuropa – the best of European cinema. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ Up and Away at Soundtrack.net. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ Hodja fra Pjort at Medierådet for børn og unge (Media Council for Children and Young People) – Medieraadet.dk. (in Danish). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b Up and Away at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ Up and Away at Common Sense Media. (Reviewed by Cassidy, Tom). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b Up and Away at the Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ Jensen, Jorn Rossing (5 July 2016) Hodja from Pjort returns from a feature and a musical to animation. Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ LePire, Bobby (22 January 2019) Up and Away. Film Threat. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Facts & Figures 2019, 25 April 2020. Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 19 August 2021.