Pippi out of control
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pippi out of control |
| Original title | På rymmen with Pippi Långstrump |
| Country of production | Sweden |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Olle Hellbom |
| script | Astrid Lindgren |
| production | Olle Nordemar |
| music | Konrad Elfers |
| camera | Kalle Bergholm |
| cut | Jan Persson |
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Pippi out of control is a Swedish children's film by director Olle Hellbom . The script is by Astrid Lindgren , based on her novels . The film opened in German cinemas on May 27, 1971. The film was also broadcast on television with the title With Pippi Longstocking on the reel .
action
Tommy and Annika are angry. It's a beautiful day and her mother wants them to weed the strawberry patch. Tommy is currently reading an exciting book "When we ran away from home". When the argument with her mother at the breakfast table escalates, Annika comes up with the idea to run away too. Tommy agrees with this idea. But since Pippi Longstocking also wants to come, Ms. Settergren is reassured. So the three runaways set out on Pippi's horse “Little Uncle”.
First of all, it's fun to run away. The weather is nice and you see lots of animals on the excursion. But a thunderstorm approaches and the "little uncle" runs away from them. At night they find shelter in a dilapidated old house. There they meet Konrad, a peddler. Konrad's special offer is a very strong adhesive, which he calls "Konrad's special adhesive - KSK". While the children are handling the glue, Konrad has to sacrifice his beard, as it sticks to the window sill that Tommy has smeared with glue. Pippi notes that the glue is so strong that you can even walk on the ceiling with it. While Tommy plays the singing saw and Annika the harmonica, Pippi dances with Konrad on the ceiling. Konrad and the children spend the night in the house. The next morning Konrad secretly takes off because he doesn't want Annika to wash his ears. But since he leaves the glue behind, the three outliers take it with them.
In the next few days, Pippi, Tommy and Annika earn their bread by begging, as they only took a daily ration of bread from home and Konrad bought them dinner. During a hike through a forest, they come across a river with a barrel washed ashore on the bank. Pippi immediately came up with the idea of traveling on by barrel, which she immediately put into practice and even withstood passing a waterfall without any problems. As the river becomes much wilder and rushing, Tommy and Annika lose sight of the barrel. The mutual search, although the seekers come very close to one another several times, does not lead to a reunion. In the next town, Pippi builds a bike without wheels and goes on a motorized search that ultimately succeeds.
They then travel on on the roof of a train and finally jump from it onto a hay wagon that takes them to a farm. The farmer finally discovers his “stowaways” on the farm and angrily wants to chase them from the farm when they ask him to sleep in the barn. But when he sees how lovingly they look after the animals and play with the farmer's children, the farmer's heart softens and he agrees. In the barn, the farmer's children buy a round of freshly baked bread and milk. The next morning the children have breakfast on the barn roof. They observe how the farmer goes into the paddock and his youngest son Nils-August, called "Nisse", follows him. Neither of them notice that their bull has torn itself away from the fence and is attacking them. Only at the last moment can the farmer jump over the fence and save himself, but little Nisse is still in danger. Pippi rushes to help and faces the bull like a torero to fight. While the bull is distracted, Pippi brings the boy from the paddock and can finally overwhelm the bull. As a thank you, the farmer gives her an old, wrecked car. He did not expect Pippi's initiative. Because she and the children clear the rubbish out of the car, and Konrad's special glue is hardly in the tank before the car can drive again. And not only that, a few "flaps" of Pippi's wings and the car can even fly.
After the car had to make an emergency landing in a lake, the children first bathe there extensively. Meanwhile, however, some cows eat the clothes that have been left to dry in the sun. Since begging did not raise enough money this time, Pippi spontaneously appeared as a tightrope walker and Tommy and Annika asked the audience for a donation for the artist. The high profit is enough for new clothes, but now the police are aware of the trio, as “unauthorized tightrope walking is prohibited and life-threatening”. All three end up in jail because investigations are to be started, but break out again immediately, since the window bars are no problem for Pippi. The weather worsens and they cannot find shelter at first. They end up in an old mill, completely soaked. There they meet Konrad again. Unfortunately, none of them have anything to eat, so they go to sleep wet and hungry. But then Konrad sees a horse running towards them, which turns out to be the little uncle, and they can make their way home.
Once at home, the joy and relief of their parents are great, who immediately prepare a hearty dinner for the children. After everything the three adventurers have experienced, weeding the strawberry patch doesn't seem that bad anymore. When Tommy and Annika are in bed, there is suddenly a knock on their window. It's Pippi, who flies past them like a witch on the broom that she took with her in the old mill.
Soundtrack
Most of the texts were written by Astrid Lindgren. The music was mainly composed by Georg Riedel . Some texts have been translated from Swedish into German. Other songs such as I en djup, oändlig skog have been replaced with completely new lyrics and melodies. Some of the songs were not translated literally but given different meanings. In the Swedish song Jag är Lycklig , for example, Tommy sings about being happy every day. In the German translation of the song he sings about the fact that they make music happily every day. The song Auf Wiedersehen Pippi Longstocking is only played in the credits of the German series version of the film.
| Swedish original | German translation | author | composer | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| När vi rymde hemifrån | That's how I always want to travel | Astrid Lindgren | Georg Riedel | |
| Mors lilla lathund | Being lazy is beautiful | Astrid Lindgren | Georg Riedel | |
| Sommarsången | In summer you sing songs | Astrid Lindgren | Georg Riedel | |
| Jag är Lycklig | All days | Astrid Lindgren | ||
| I en djup, oändlig skog | In a deep, endless forest | Carl Olof Rosenius | Oscar Ahnfelt | no translation in the film, but in Lindgren's story A Christmas in Småland a long time ago |
| Här kommer Pippi Långstrump | Hey, Pippi Longstocking | Astrid Lindgren | Jan Johansson | |
| - | We are three poor orphans | Oscar Ahnfelt | instead, I en djup, oändlig skog ( in a deep, endless forest ) is played in Swedish | |
| Lira Lara Loppan | Here and there and in a nutshell | Astrid Lindgren | Georg Riedel | |
| - | Goodbye Pippi Longstocking | Helmut Harun | Jan Johansson and Konrad Elfers | Only in the German series version at the credits of Pippi on the reel |
Individual evidence
- ↑ filmportal.de Entry: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pippi out of control
