Nils Karlsson Tom Thumb (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Nils Karlsson Tom Thumb |
| Original title | Nils Karlsson Pyssling |
| Country of production | Sweden |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Staffan Götestam |
| script | Astrid Lindgren |
| production | Ingrid Dalunde |
| music | Not so Berglund |
| occupation | |
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Nils Karlsson Däumling (original title: Nils Karlsson Pyssling ) is a children's film by Staffan Götestam based on the novel of the same name by Astrid Lindgren .
action
Since Bertil's sister Märta passed away, 7-year-old Bertil has felt lonely and alone. His parents can never be there for very long because they have to work.
One day, however, a tiny child moves into the mouse hole under Bertil's bed. The child introduces himself as Nils Karlsson-Thäumling and soon Nils and Bertil become friends. Bertil can even visit Nils in his apartment. To do this, he touches the nail in front of the mouse hole and says "Shrumpel Pump". Then he becomes as small as Nils and can crawl into the mouse hole, Nils apartment. If he says the same thing again and also touches the nail, Bertil grows up again.
Bertil helps Nils furnish the room. Then, however, Nils tells about his greedy landlady, a rat who demands an overpriced rent from Nils, pinches him again and again and wants to bite him. Again and again the bad rat gets in the way of the two.
Nils and Bertil can outsmart the rat, however. You get her to touch the nail and say "Shriveled Pump". The once threatening rat suddenly becomes very tiny. Later she is caught by the neighbor's cat and brought to the neighbor.
background
Astrid Lindgren wrote the script for the film and invented new characters that did not appear in the short story.
Nils Karlsson-Däumling was first broadcast on Swedish television on November 9, 1990.
In Germany, the film was first broadcast on ZDF on November 21, 1992. In 2007 the fairy tale and three other Astrid Lindgren film adaptations were released by Universum Film GmbH on a DVD under the title Astrid Lindgren Collector's Edition. Another DVD was released in October 2013, this time under the title Nils Karlsson Däumling - Feature Film .
On January 18, 1999, a radio play about the film was released on cassette . Nils Karlsson Tom Thumb. The radio play on the film was brought out by the Karussell label . The narrator is Wolf Frass .
Differences from the short story
In the short story, too, Bertil feels quite alone after his sister's death. However, this is shown even more emphatically in the film, in which Bertil calls for his parents and asks them to come home or the parents' feelings of guilt are discussed, who have to work and therefore have to leave Bertil alone for so long. The mouse who moves in with her sister and just wants a little cheese for the rent becomes the rat Tjoffsan, who demands an exorbitant rent and keeps threatening Nils. Tjoffsan was also invented by Astrid Lindgren, who wrote the script. The neighbor Mrs. Hulda and her cat do not appear in the short story either.
criticism
Kino.de describes Nils Karlsson-Däumling as a “lovingly designed children's film”.
The lexicon of international films judged that the film was "tailored entirely to the emotional world of small viewers". She said she did not overwhelm “with excessive technology or with concessions to an adult audience.” “Cheerful, exciting and full of charm” she played over “also some overly educational aspects of Astrid Lindgren's original.” The film is worth seeing for children from 6 years of age.
Anna Zamolska from KinderundJugendmedien.de thinks that Nils Karlsson Däumling is one of the less successful Lindgren adaptations. So the film has become more of a little scary film for children. The cute mouse in the book was described as a nasty rat that threatened Nils. Again and again the children would be confronted with Nils fears. Zamolska believes the film adaptation can stir up children's fears and thinks that it is only suitable for older children. But there are also nice moments, for example when the boys “prepare, furnish and bathe in Nil's apartment”. In addition, the acting performance and the interaction between the two main actors is excellent.
Christel Strobel from Kinder- und Jugendfilm Korrespondenz praises the detailed, loving equipment in the film, as well as the excellent cast of the child actors. You can tell from the film that director Staffan Götestam worked with Astrid Lindgren for a long time. So there is a "familiarity with the work and a feeling for the world of Astrid Lindgren" that would benefit the filming. Nils Karlsson-Däumling is a "soulful, warm-hearted film" and is also recommended for "cinema beginners". How the boys would defy the rat Tjoffsan and what they would think up to help each other, let "sympathize, fear and rejoice."
Web links
- Nils Karlsson Tom Thumb in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Christel Strobel: Nils Karlsson Däumling .
- ^ Nils Karlsson Tom Thumb .
- ^ Nils Karlsson Tom Thumb .
- ^ Nils Karlsson Tom Thumb. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Anna Zamolska: Nils Karlsson Tom Thumb (Staffan Götestam, 1990) .