The Cursed Prince (1964)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The enchanted prince |
| Original title | Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses |
| Country of production | Sweden |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Olle Hellbom |
| script | Astrid Lindgren |
| production | Olle Nordemar |
| music | Ulf Björlin |
| camera | Kalle Bergholm |
| cut | Bengt Schöldström |
| occupation | |
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The haunted prince (original title: Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses ) is a Swedish film from 1964, directed by Olle Hellbom . He continues the story from the television series Holidays on Crows Island .
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Melcher Melchersson goes to the holiday island of Saltkrokan with his children in summer. The children spend a lot of time with their friends who live on the island. Eight-year-old Pelle does a lot with Tjorven, her dog, boatswain, and with Stina, who lives on the island with her grandfather.
Tjorven and Stina heard that if you kiss a frog, it becomes a prince. They want to try it out right now and hope to find a man like that for Malin. No sooner have they kissed the frog than the handsome Peter Malm appears in his sailing boat at the harbor. In the store he meets Malin and is immediately blown away by her.
A baby seal gets caught in the net of the fisherman Vesterman. He gives it to Tjorven. From now on Tjorven, Pelle and Stina take care of the baby seal they call Moses. They build him a pool that Moses can swim in and feed him.
Peter Malm works at the Zoological Institute in Uppsala. There they are looking for a seal. When Vesterman hears this, he hopes to be able to earn a lot by selling the baby seal. He offers it to Peter for sale. The children are angry about it. After all, Vesterman had given the baby seal to Tjorven. They are trying to prevent the sale.
Meanwhile Peter and Malin fall in love.
When Pelle's rabbit Jocke and a lamb were bitten to death one night, the adults believe that Tjorven's dog boatswain was responsible. Tjorven's father decides to shoot the boatswain. At the last moment Stina discovers that a fox has torn the lamb and killed the rabbit.
In the meantime Vesterman has found Moses and tried to sell him to Peter. He refuses to buy Moses. The children start a fundraising campaign so that they can buy Moses back. When the children bought Moses back, Tjorven gave this skin as a gift. She wants to console him over the loss of his rabbit. Pelle releases Moses and gets Peter's puppy Jum-Jum. Peter, in turn, gets Malin.
About the film
The film was shot in Norröra and premiered in Swedish cinemas on October 24, 1964.
The film received three sequels: The Troll Child (1965), The Pirates (1966) and Happy Homecoming (1967).
Cast & dubbing
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Melker Melkersson | Torsten Lilliecrona | Wolf Rahtjen |
| Malin Melkersson | Louise Edlind | Cordula Trantow |
| Johan Melkersson | Bjorn Söderbäck | |
| Niklas Melkersson | Urban beach | Christina Hoeltel |
| Pelle Melkersson | Stephen Lindholm | |
| Nisse Grankvist | Bengt Eklund | Niels Clausnitzer |
| Marta Grankvist | Eva Stiberg | |
| Teddy Grankvist | Lillemor Österlund | |
| Freddy Grankvist | Please Ulvskog | Eva Mattes |
| Maria 'Tjorven' Grankvist | Maria Johansson | |
| Vesterman | Manne Grünberger | Bum Kruger |
| Stina | Kristina Jämtmark | Christa Häussler |
Music in the film
The lyrics for the song Vår på Saltkråkan , which is sung by Kristina Jämtmark and Maria Johansson , was written by Astrid Lindgren and the music is by Ulf Björlin. Världen är en sorgeö is a variant of Bellman's Vaggvisa for min son Carl .
Awards
- 1965 - Venice International Film Festival - San Marcolejonet, Olle Hellbom
Novel to film
The novel Holidays on Saltkrokan is based on the television series Holidays on Crow Island and the film The Enchanted Prince .
TV Shows
The films Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses ( The Enchanted Prince ) were made for ZDF ; Tjorven och Skrållan ( The Troll Child ); Tjorven och Mysak ( The Pirates ) and Skrållan, Ruskprick och Knorrhane ( Happy Homecoming ) put together for a 16-part series Holidays on Saltkrokan . This was broadcast in 1971. The films were cut together in episodes of around 20 to 24 minutes in length. The feature film The Cursed Prince ( Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses ) became one of the series episodes The Cursed Prince and Boatswain should die . This was followed by the series episodes Malin's Wedding and The Troll Child , which were compiled from the film The Troll Child ( Tjorven och Skrållan ). The film The Pirates ( Tjorven och Mysak ) became the episodes of The Pirates and The Clock Thief . The last thing that was cut was the film Happy Homecoming into the series episodes Rüpel and Knurrhahn and Happy Homecoming .
In 1979 the films were also shown in Sweden as a 12-part television series Så går det till på Saltkråkan .
Web links
- The enchanted prince in the Internet Movie Database (English)