Pippi Longstocking (1969 film)

Pippi Longstocking
The DVD cover by Joseph Smith
Directed by	Olle Hellbom
Written by	Astrid Lindgren (novel)
Produced by	Ernst Liesenhoff Olle Nordemar
Starring	Inger Nilsson Maria Persson Pär Sundberg
Cinematography	Kalle Bergholm
Edited by	Jan Perrson Jutta Schweden
Music by	Konrad Elfers
Distributed by	Beta Film VidAmerica (Home Video)
Release dates	May 9, 1969 (West Germany) December 25, 1973 (USA)
Running time	100 min.
Countries	Sweden West Germany
Language	Swedish

Pippi Longstocking (original Swedish title: Pippi Långstrump) is a 1969 Swedish movie, based on the eponymous children's books by Astrid Lindgren with the cast of the 1969 TV series Pippi Longstocking. The film consisted of re-edited footage from the TV series. It was released in the USA in 1973.

Plot

A mysterious young girl, Pippi Longstocking, moves into the abandoned Villa Villekulla. The redheaded Pippi, living alone but for a monkey called Mr. Nilsson and her horse Little Old Man, befriends two neighboring children, Tommy and Annika. Soon inseparable companions, the three youngsters embark upon a series of colorful escapades, which turn the small Swedish town upside down. Local busybody Miss Prysselius schemes to have Pippi put into a children's home, and sets the town's bumbling cops Kling and Klang on her with riotous results!

Cast

• Inger Nilsson - Pippi Longstocking
• Maria Persson - Annika
• Pär Sundberg - Tommy
• Beppe Wolgers - Captain Efraim Longstocking
• Margot Trooger - Mrs. Prysselius
• Hans Clarin - Dunder-Karlsson
• Paul Esser - Blom
• Ulf G. Johnsson - Police Inspector Kling
• Göthe Grefbo - Police Inspector Klang
• Fredrik Ohlsson - Mr. Settergren
• Öllegård Wellton - Mrs. Settergren
• Staffan Hallerstam - Benke

See also

• Pippi Longstocking - character
• Pippi Longstocking - Swedish television series

In pop culture

Archive footage of Pippi Longstocking was shown in season five episode five of Gilmore Girls during a movie night at the "Black, White, & Read Theater" when Luke, Lorelai, Rory and Dean watch it while on a double date. Luke was the only one who had never seen the film before, causing Lorelai to dub him a "Pippi virgin." She and Rory scoffed at his question "Isn't it some kind of kids' movie?" and responded it was a classic of surrealism with forced acting.

External links

• Pippi Longstocking at IMDb