Holidays on Crows Island
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Holidays on Crows Island |
| Original title | Vi på Saltkråkan |
| Country of production | Sweden |
| original language | Swedish |
| year | 1964 |
| length | 27 minutes |
| Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
| genre | Children's film |
| Director | Olle Hellbom |
| idea | Astrid Lindgren |
| production | Olle Nordemar |
| music | Ulf Björlin |
| First broadcast | January 18, 1964 |
| German-language first broadcast |
November 3, 1966 on ARD |
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Holidays on Crows Island ( Swedish original title: Vi på Saltkråkan , literally: We on Saltkrokan) is a TV series from 1964 based on a script by children's book author Astrid Lindgren , who also used the material in 1964 for the novel Holidays on Saltkrokan ; the German translation comes from Thyra Dohrenburg . The series was shot on the two Swedish islands of Norröra and Söderöra .
action
The single father Melcher comes with his children to the island of Saltkrokan to spend their holidays with them. But once they get there, they first have to prepare the house because it's raining through the roof. The children also get to know Tjorven, who lives with her boatman dog on the island. Stina also comes to the island with her grandfather. Tjorven and Stina especially become friends with Melcher's youngest offspring, Pelle. They experience many adventures together.
Cast & dubbing
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Melker Melkersson | Torsten Lilliecrona | Helmo Kindermann |
| Malin Melkersson | Louise Edlind | Cordula Trantow |
| Johan Melkersson | Bjorn Söderbäck | |
| Niklas Melkersson | Urban beach | Christina Hoeltel |
| Pelle Melkersson | Stephen Lindholm | |
| Nisse Grankvist | Bengt Eklund | Herbert Weicker |
| Marta Grankvist | Eva Stiberg | Ursula Traun |
| Teddy Grankvist | Lillemor Österlund | |
| Freddy Grankvist | Please Ulvskog | Eva Mattes |
| Maria 'Tjorven' Grankvist | Maria Johansson | |
| Bjorn | Tommy Johnson | Axel Scholtz |
| Söderman | Siegfried Fischer | Paul Friedrichs |
| Stina | Kristina Jämtmark | Christa Häussler |
| Carlberg | Alf Östlund | Erik Jelde |
| Christer | Lars Göran Carlsson | Gig Malzacher |
background
The Swedish series Vi på Saltkråkan series was broadcast in Germany as a 13-part series Holidays on Crows Island . This was followed by the films Tjorven, Båtsman och Moses ( The Cursed Prince ) in Sweden ; Tjorven och Skrållan ( The Troll Child ); Tjorven och Mysak ( The Pirates ) and Skrållan, Ruskprick och Knorrhane ( Happy Homecoming ).
For the ZDF in Germany, the films were put together in a 16-part series Ferien auf 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 .
In the same year, the original Swedish films were also released in Germany. For this purpose, the series Holidays on Crows Island was released as a feature film. The series was shortened from 390 minutes to 90 minutes and turned into the film Ferien auf Saltkrokan .
Until the beginning of 2019, only the 13-part series Holidays on Crows Island and the feature films were released on German-language DVD .
Episodes
| Season | episode | title | Original title | short description | Summarized in the feature film |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01 | One day in June | On the day of June | 1. Summer holidays on Saltkrokan | Holidays on Saltkrokan |
| 02 | Fishing expedition | Ro, ro till fiskeskär | |||
| 03 | Lost in the fog | Vilse i dimman | |||
| 04 | Midsummer Festival | Midsommar på Saltkråkan | |||
| 05 | Seize the day | Denna dagen - ett liv | |||
| 06 | The Pirates | Sjörövarna | |||
| 07 | A good day | Vad händer på Kattskär? | |||
| 08 | Treasure divers | Far ända in i baljan | |||
| 09 | An animal for skin | Ett litet djur åt Pelle | |||
| 10 | Visit in winter | Visst finns det tomtar | 2. Holidays in winter on Saltkrokan | ||
| 11 | Pelle and the fox | Räven raskar över isen | |||
| 12 | The city buyer | Snickargården i fara | 3. Summer holidays on Saltkrokan | ||
| 13 | The tide turns | Milker for napp! |
novel
In Sweden, Astrid Lindgren first wrote the script for the television series. Only then was the book Holidays on Saltkrokan published. In Germany, the book was published before the series was first broadcast. In many languages, such as English, only the book has been translated, not the series on which the book is based.
- Holidays on Saltkrokan (Vi på Saltkråkan, 1964, German 1965), deals with the events from the series Holidays on Crows Island, as well as the feature film The Enchanted Prince .
publication
Crows Island Holidays was first released on DVD by Universum Film in 2006. The thirteen episodes were released on three separate DVDs. The first DVD contains episodes one to four, the second DVD episodes five to eight and the third DVD episodes nine to thirteen. In 2013 there was a new edition with new covers. The last DVD of both editions with episodes nine to thirteen is now out of print and only available second-hand.
In addition, the episodes were published within the large Astrid Lindgren collection by DeAgostini . The entire series was released on six different DVDs. These are the outputs: 19 (episodes 1 and 2), 24 (episodes 3 and 4), 29 (episodes 5 and 6), 34 (episodes 7 and 8), 39 (episodes 9 and 10), as well as output 41 (episodes 11 to 13). All DVDs are now sold out here.
motion pictures
Holidays on Crows Island was released by Universum Film as the feature film Holidays on Saltkrokan . The feature film consists of only about a quarter of the footage in the series. It was shortened from 390 minutes to 90 minutes. For example, the fictional film hardly reports on the adventures of Pelle's brothers Johan and Niklas, or Tjorven's sisters Teddy and Freddy. Many other events from the series were either left out entirely or cut significantly. The feature film Holidays on Saltkrokan has been released both as a single DVD under the title Holidays on Saltkrokan and in the DVD box Holidays on Saltkrokan. Feature film edition. to find. In the latter, he is featured as a vacation on Saltkrokan pilot .
Web links
- Holiday on the island of crows in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Holidays on the Crow Island at fernsehserien.de