Peter-No-Tail (film)

Peter-No-Tail (original title:Swedish: Pelle Svanslös)
Original Swedish film poster
Directed by	Stig Lasseby Jan Gissberg
Screenplay by	Leif Krantz
Produced by	Stig Lasseby
Starring	Mats Åhlfeldt Ewa Fröling Ernst-Hugo Järegård Björn Gustafson Wallis Grahn Eddie Axberg
Cinematography	Eberhard Fehmers
Music by	Berndt Egerbladh
Production companies	Sandrews Svenska Filminstitutet Teamfilm AS Treklövern
Distributed by	Sandrew
Release date	December 25, 1981 (1981-12-25) (Sweden)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Peter-No-Tail (Swedish: Pelle Svanslös) is a 1981 Swedish animated film based on the children's book series by Gösta Knutsson.

Plot

Peter-No-Tail is a cat who's born without a proper tail on a farm by the Swedish countryside. Due to economical difficulties, the farmer is forced to get rid of Peter. The farmer can't bring himself to drown the cat, so he sneaks Peter inside the car of a family who are renting a house close to the farm for their summer vacation. When the family finally reach their home in Uppsala, Sweden, they find Peter and decide to keep him. Without a tail, he becomes the talk of the town among the other cats and, especially Mike, who teases him cruelly. Mean Mike and his two companions, Bill and Bull, are notorious for the nasty tricks they like to play on other cats. Mike is currently trying to court Molly Silk-Nose, but his rough and silly approach does not impress her, since she becomes interested in the kind and gentle Peter. But Mike won't give up that easily and he has a plan for how he'll get his revenge.

Origins

The film is animated and is based on the children's book series by Gösta Knutsson. Class discrimination, bullying and racism play a big part of the story, much like in the books since Peter is at times looked down on for being a "country cat", who is accused by Måns of threatening the livelihoods of the town cats. In the original Swedish dub Måns is played by Ernst-Hugo Järegård.

Cast

Character	English Voice	Swedish Voice
Peter-No-Tail	Bruce Reitherman	Mats Åhfeldt
Molly Silk-Nose	Fiona Fullerton	Ewa Fröling
Mean Mike	Michael Crawford	Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Bill	Clarence Nash	Carl Billquist
Bull	Terry-Thomas	Björn Gustafson
Grandma	Martha Wentworth	Wallis Grahn
Gullan från Arkadien	Eleanor Audley	Lena-Pia Bernhardsson
The Observatory Park's Ludvig	Sebastian Cabot	Charlie Elvegård
The Adder	Norman Alden	Åke Lagergren
Absent-Minded Albert	Luis Van Rooten	Nils Eklund
Fritz	Barrie Ingham	Jan Sjödin
Frida	Susanne Pollatschek	Gunilla Norling
The Fat Rat	Bob Newhart	Eddie Axberg
The Crow	Wayne Robson	Gunnar Ernblad
Birgitta	Cate Bauer	Kajsa Bratt
Olle	Rod Taylor	Niklas Rygert
The Mother	Barbara Luddy	Helena Brodin
The Father	Larry Roberts	Axel Düberg
The Foreman	Chris Sanders	Sture Hovstadius
The Man	Kevin McDonald	Henrik Olsson
Truckdriver	Brian Blessed	Bosse Pettersson
Truckdriver	Wayne Knight	Hans Rosenfeldt
The Boy	Tony Goldwyn	Anders Eldeman
The Girl	Daveigh Chase	Susanne Tellinger
The Fireman	Joseph Gordon-Levitt	Rickard Olsson
Glee Club Cat	David Hyde Pierce	Michael Cederberg
Glee Club Cat	Patrick McGoohan	Jörgen Lötgård
Glee Club Cat	Steve Martin	Jesper Rönndahl
Glee Club Cat	Wayne Allwine	Hasse Alatalo
Small as the Cat	Roddy McDowall	Kajsa Dandenell
The Hedgehog	Tim Allen	Christer Lundgren

Sequel

A sequel called Peter-No-Tail in Americat (Swedish: Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt) was released in 1985.

External links

• Peter-No-Tail at IMDb
• Peter-No-Tail at the Swedish Film Institute Database
• Peter-No-Tail at AllMovie