Karlsson on the Roof (2002)

Movie
German title	Karlsson from the roof
Original title	Karlsson på taket
Country of production	Sweden Norway
original language	Swedish
Publishing year	2002
length	77 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 JMK 0
Rod
Director	Vibeke Idsøe
script	Vibeke Idsøe
production	Waldemar Bergendahl John M. Jacobsen
music	Kjetil Bjerkestrand
synchronization

Karlsson vom Dach (original title: Karlsson på taket ) is a Swedish-Norwegian cartoon by Vibeke Idsøe from 2002. It is based on the children's book series Karlsson vom Dach by Astrid Lindgren .

action

Svante Svantesson, called "Lillebror", lives with his parents and the two older siblings Betty and Birger in an apartment building in Stockholm . He often feels alone because his two siblings do things together because of the age difference. Lillebor loves dogs and therefore wants a puppy for his eighth birthday in two weeks. However, his parents refuse a dog. As Eric is sitting sadly in his room again, he suddenly hears a noise. Shortly afterwards, the small, chubby man Karlsson flies into his room, propelled by a propeller on his back. He introduces himself to him as a “man in his prime”, always rates his knowledge as the “world's best” and has an extraordinary appetite. After destroying a small model steam engine from Lillebror, he flies on as he has to go to the workshop for maintenance. The parents discover the broken machine shortly afterwards and do not believe Eric when he says that Karlsson caused the damage. Eric is also called a liar in school.

A few days later, Karlsson appears again at Eric's house, who buys him sweets. A little later Karlsson takes him on a flight over the rooftops of Stockholm. The flight ends in Karlsson's house on the roof, where the little man turns out to be a rather lazy host. While strolling over Stockholm's rooftops, Karlsson Lillebror shows the apartment of the thieves Rulle and Fille, who are reading the newspaper about a mysterious UFO that was spotted over Stockholm. For information about the UFO, which Eric can identify as Karlsson, a reward of 100,000 crowns is now even offered. After a while on the roofs of Stockholm, Eric is brought back to the ground by the fire department in the evening.

Betty and Birger want to go on vacation together and Lillebror's parents go on a cruise together. Eric likes to stay at home, and not only Uncle Julius but also the old and resolute Fraulein Bock will keep him company. Miss Bock is not very enthusiastic about Lillebror's "school friend" Karlsson, who is always playing tricks on her. Uncle Julius, in turn, faints when Karlson greets him with a gun salute. However, neither of them realize that Karlsson is no ordinary boy, and so Uncle Julius believes he sees the Sandman at night when Karlsson floats in front of his window with an umbrella. Karlsson's carefree flying around has now drawn the attention of some Stockholmers to him, including the thieves Rulle and Fille, who believe that Karlsson lives with Eric. Eric overhears both thieves and warns Karlsson about them. Together they set a trap in Eric's apartment and take them prisoner. Miss Bock finally chased both thieves out of the apartment.

A photographer took pictures of Eric and Karlsson together on the roof, but he believes that Eric only let a kite fly, which is also printed in the newspapers. Karlsson is now out of danger. In turn, it is finally Eric's birthday and his siblings and parents got back from vacation in time. Eric has a little puppy named Bimbo because the parents believe that Karlsson made up shows how lonely Eric feels. They are all the more astonished when a little later Karlsson is sitting at Eric's birthday table and is busy eating cream cake. Nevertheless, they decide not to tell anyone about Karlsson because they would never be believed.

production

Karlsson vom Dach is the film adaptation of the three Karlsson books Karlsson vom Dach (1955), Karlsson flies again (1962) and The best Karlsson in the world (1968) by Astrid Lindgren. The film was made as a cartoon and is based closely on the Karlsson illustrations by Ilon Wikland .

Karlsson vom Dach was shown in Swedish cinemas on September 27, 2002 and was also released in German cinemas on February 20, 2003. The film was released on DVD in Germany in October 2003.

synchronization

role	Voice actor (original version)	Voice actor (German version)
Karlsson	Börje Ahlstedt	Jürgen Vogel
Svante "Lillebror" Svantesson	William Svedberg	Robert Müller-Stahl
mother	Pernilla August	Petra Barthel
father	Allan Svensson	Stefan Gossler
Miss Bock	Margaretha Krook	Andrea Brix
Uncle Julius	Nils Eklund
Birger	Leo Magnusson	Nils Zachler
Betty	Ellen Ekdahl
Rule	Brännström bream	Tom Deininger
Fille	Magnus Herenstam	Joachim Tennstedt

criticism

"By following the familiar book illustrations, the joy of reunion is activated for children," said the film service . For Cinema it was a "child-friendly, funny cartoon about the meatball lover". “The plot, knitted together from several Karlsson stories, retains the anarchic Lindgren charm. This is not least thanks to Jürgen Vogel, who audibly enjoyed the (speaking) role as a glutton, ”wrote the Hamburger Abendblatt .

"Against his trick colleagues from the USA and Japan, who are armed with magical powers and futuristic technology, who populate television and cinema, the plump man with the propeller on his back [...] looks as anachronistic as a steam locomotive next to an ICE," said Der Spiegel on the occasion of the German cinema premiere. For the Berliner Zeitung , too , the animation showed "colorful, loving images [...] that hardly want to revolutionize the genre, but rather traditionally serve the narrated story."

Web links

• Karlsson on the Roof at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Karlsson from the roof at the Swedish Film Institute

Individual evidence

1. ^ Certificate of release for Karlsson from the roof . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2003 (PDF; test number: 92 758 K).
2. ^ Age rating for Karlsson vom Dach . Youth Media Commission .
3. ↑ In film reviews it is said that the illustrator Wikland, who was over 70 at the time, animated the film, but she is not listed as an animator in the credits. The opening credits only say that the film “efter Astrid Lindgren's böcker och Ilon Wiklands illustrationer” (based on Astrid Lindgren's books and Ilon Wiklands illustrations) was made.
4. ↑ See Karlsson vom Dach on highlightzone.de
5. ↑ Karlsson from the roof. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
6. ↑ Karlsson vom Dach on cinema.de
7. ↑ Volker Behrens: The charm remains: Karlsson from the roof comes flying in as a cartoon character . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , February 20, 2003, p. 13.
8. ↑ Cinema in brief: Karlsson from the roof . In: Der Spiegel , No. 8, 2003, p. 138.
9. ↑ Jan Brachmann: This connection is very useful! In: Berliner Zeitung , February 20, 2003, p. K02.