Pippi in Taka Tuka Land
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pippi in Taka Tuka Land |
| Original title | Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven |
| 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 | Georg Riedel |
| camera | Kalle Bergholm |
| cut | Jan Persson |
| occupation | |
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Pippi in Taka-Tuka-Land (original title: Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven ) is a Swedish children's film with Inger Nilsson as Pippi Longstocking . Directed by Olle Hellbom . It was based on the novel of the same name by Astrid Lindgren . The film opened in West German cinemas on July 15, 1970. It was also broadcast on television under the title Pippi Longstocking and the Pirates .
The name Taka-Tuka-Land is a reference to the place Larantuka , where many deserters of the Portuguese colonial empire led a free life in the 16th and 17th centuries.
action
Tommy and Annika's parents go on vacation alone for the first time and instruct Pippi to take care of them during this time.
First of all, Tommy and Annika spend some nice vacation days with Pippi. They turn Pippi's bed into a playground and Pippi tries in vain to prove to them that you can walk on the water. The children's game is interrupted when Pippi finds a message in a bottle from her father Efraim Longstocking in the water. He writes that he is being held captive by pirates, but does not know where. The pirates want to force him to reveal the hiding place of his treasure to them. Pippi immediately sets out on a rescue operation in which Tommy and Annika also take part. First of all, the children look for some equipment in the attic of Villa Kunterbunt. Pippi shows Tommy and Annika a magical crystal ball that they got from a fortune teller in Acapulco . With her she wants to find out where her father is being held. After a few unsuccessful attempts, the crystal ball finally reveals the location - Taka-Tuka Island.
With the "Myskodil" invented by Pippi - a bed converted into a hot air balloon - the children float in the direction of Taka-Tuka. On the way, however, the Myskodile runs out of air and so they land on the top of a mountain and the balloon flies away without the bed. The children continue on foot and after a while they come to a junkyard, which turns out to be very convenient. Because the children can use a few boxes, a propeller and an old bicycle to build an airplane with a pedal drive with which they can fly further towards Taka Tuka Island and even cross the conflagration of an erupting volcano.
But even the pedal plane doesn't make the whole distance to Taka Tuka Island and so the children have to make an emergency landing on a lonely island in the South Sea, where they have to get stuck and protect themselves from wild animals. Fortunately, however, a pirate ship anchored off the island the next morning. The pirates , led by the one-eyed Oscar and his comrade Kalle, are also keen on Captain Longstocking's treasure and want to keep Pippi's father prisoner on the ship. The children succeed in outwitting the pirates and hijacking their ship. They are now stuck on the island while the children finally sail to Taka-Tuka Island.
Once there, Pippi takes on the fight with the pirates, who are under the command of Blood-Svente and Messer-Jocke. First they come to a pirate bar, where they rescue a boy named Marko, who is forced to work by the landlord there and abused by some drunken pirates. Eventually, blood-Svente and Messer-Jocke appear and Pippi, Tommy, Annika and Marko flee the pub together. Marko distracts the pirates who have started the chase and the children sometimes hide in a well and sometimes in cannons. Pippi has meanwhile found the tower dungeon where her father is trapped because his handkerchief is hanging out of the window there. At night she sneaks out of the fountain past the sleeping pirates and climbs up the wall of the tower. At first her father says he is dreaming because he has already seen the end of it and cannot believe that Pippi is sitting next to him. But he thinks about it and Pippi assures him that he will save him. While Blood-Svente and Messer-Jocke finally move their prisoner from the tower dungeon to the deepest cellar dungeon, they find his weakness with which they finally lead him to betray the hiding place of the treasure - Efraim Longstocking is extremely ticklish. Meanwhile, Pippi forges a plan to save her father. With several barrels of gunpowder she blows herself into the cellar dungeon and helps him to escape. The children and the captain rush to his ship, finally escape from the fortress and immediately sail to Treasure Island, knowing full well that the pirates will surely pursue them. With the lead, they hope to have enough time to recover the treasure. They also want to save the crew of the Hoppetosse , which was abandoned by the pirates on Treasure Island and was supposed to starve there.
On Treasure Island, Pippi, Tommy and Annika manage to get the two chests out of a cave. But on the beach, Tommy and Annika are overwhelmed by the pirates who have caught up with them in the meantime and have to give the treasure in exchange for the children. While the pirates are happy about their booty, they are surprised to see that the Hoppetosse crew has hijacked the pirates' ship and that they are now stuck on the island. Desperate, the pirates negotiate with Pippi and her father and finally swap the treasure chests for an ax and a book that contains instructions for building a raft.
The Hoppetosse finally sails back towards Villa Kunterbunt. Captain Longstocking thanks the children for saving him, gives Pippi one of the two chests and wants to hide the other again.
Locations
The outdoor shots in "Taka-Tuka-Land" were taken in and around the fort of Vaxholm , Sweden and in Budva in Montenegro . Beach scenes were filmed in Barbados , Antilles .
Reviews
"Children's classics."
“Although almost 40 years old, the adventures of Pippi Longstocking have not yet settled in dust: The fantastic experiences of the self-confident Pippi and her friends Annika and Tommi are child-friendly and tower above any" Power Ranger "or" Captain Future "that the private let their program run around. Tom and Annika, both always a bit too good, let the daring Pippi incite them to new outrages. Fortunately, it goes without a raised index finger and pedagogical instructions. "
“Pippi in Taka-Tuka-Land is the third big film adventure of the freckled Pippi. Unlike the first two film adaptations, director Olle Hellbom only tells a single story. And this is so imaginatively and excitingly staged that it can definitely keep up with Astrid Lindgren's book. A wonderful adventure fun that makes you want the deep blue sea. "
"Cheerful and adventurous children's film with a supporting role for Thor Heyerdahl as a pirate."
"Cheerful and adventurous children's entertainment."
“The third part of the successful series is richer in exoticism and actions than the previous ones, but otherwise does not differ from them in any other way. Apart from creative and dramaturgical deficiencies, the film adaptation does not stand up to the comparison with the literary original. "
Awards
Trivia
Rosalinda, the parrot seen in the film, was portrayed by the scarlet macaw Douglas , who was supposed to spend his old age in a tropical house in Malmö , but had to move to the Karlsruhe Zoo in May 2016 due to problems with housing there . He died there of old age in February 2019 at the age of 51.
In Barbados, extras for pirate roles were wanted. The Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl became one because he was looking for the Ra I there.
Although Alfred Schieske was German, he was dubbed by another German actor, namely Bruno W. Pantel .
Web links
- Pippi in the South Seas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Swedish Film Database: Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven (1970)
- ↑ 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 in Taka Tuka Land
- ↑ https://www.cinema.de/film/pippi-in-taka-tuka-land,1335737.html
- ↑ https://www.prisma.de/filme/Pippi-im-Taka-Tuka-Land,239657
- ↑ https://www.rexbern.ch/filme/pippi-im-taka-tuka-land/
- ^ Pippi in Taka-Tuka-Land. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 7, 2017 .
- ↑ https://www.kino.de/film/pippi-im-taka-tuka-land-1969/
- ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 315/1970
- ↑ Parrot from 'Pippi Longstocking': Hope for Douglas In: DER SPIEGEL Online, April 12, 2016.
- ↑ In the Karlsruhe Zoo Pippi Longstocking Parrot 'Rosalinda' is there In: Focus Online, May 11, 2016.
- ^ Mourning in the Karlsruhe Zoo: Parrot from Pippi Longstocking film has died . In: Spiegel Online . February 24, 2019 ( spiegel.de [accessed February 24, 2019]).
- ↑ Fischer, Gerhard: Behind the scenes Pippi Longstocking, Mr. Nilson and I, In Süddeutsche.de [1] , last accessed: November 12, 2016
- ↑ https://www.synchronkartei.de/film/2519
