Rasmus and the Vagabond (1955)

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Movie
German title Rasmus and the vagabond
Original title Luffaren och Rasmus
Country of production Sweden
original language Swedish
Publishing year 1957
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Rolf Husberg
script Astrid Lindgren
production Olle Nordemar
music Lille Bror Söderlundh
camera Stig Hallgren
cut Eric Nordemar
occupation

Rasmus und der Vagabund (original title: Luffaren och Rasmus ) is a children's film by Rolf Husberg based on a script for a radio play series by Astrid Lindgren .

action

Rasmus lives in an orphanage. He would love to be adopted by loving parents. But he soon discovered that only girls were adopted. So one day he decides to flee the home and look for his parents himself.

Shortly after his escape, he meets the tramp Oskar. From now on he will be moving around with this. Oskar plays on his accordion and sings to it. That's how he earns his money.

One day Oskar and Rasmus are singing in front of a house where a robbery is taking place. The old woman, who lives alone in the house, is forced to pretend that there is no robbery going on. Oskar and Rasmus notice that something strange is going on. Oskar is surprised that the old woman only gives them 5 pfennigs. Otherwise she always gives Oskar 50 pfennigs. Rasmus also sees that someone is hiding behind the curtain. He also believes that the old woman is terrified and asks Oskar to find out why this is so. The two see a valuable chain stolen from the woman.

After the attack, the old woman is seriously ill and cannot testify. The doctor suspects that she may be dying. Only the maid Anna-Stina testifies. She pretends to be a victim of the attack herself. She and two of her accomplices are responsible for the attack. She goes on to explain that a tramp robbed her with a little boy. Therefore Oskar and Rasmus are suspected to have something to do with the attack.

They know nothing about the allegations and sing in front of the maid's two accomplices, of all people. Rasmus immediately recognizes the shoes of one of the accomplices. He had seen this flash behind the curtain. Rasmus also recognizes the other robber. He suggests that Oskar go to the police, but Oskar says that no one there would believe a tramp or a child in the home. Besides, they would need evidence.

A little later the robbers hide the chain and money from another robbery in the house where Rasmus and Oskar are staying. The two are discovered by the robbers, but Oskar can hide the money and the chain from the robber. Oskar and Rasmus then go to another village to sing there.

A little later, Oskar and Rasmus are arrested. They tell who the criminals are. However, the police do not believe them. When the police report that a boy has escaped from the home, Rasmus flees. He is captured by the criminals who want him to tell them where the chain and the money are. However, only Oskar knows where things are. The robbers want to free Oskar from prison so that he cannot tell the police too much about them and reveals where they are hiding. Oskar pretends to be part of the plan, but wants to outsmart the criminals. He shows the criminals the hiding place, while a few police officers secretly follow them. The police finally realize who is responsible for the robbery. Oskar and Rasmus give them the chain and the money. While the criminals are being arrested, Rasmus and Oskar leave. You go to a house. As it turns out, the house belongs to Oskar. He lives there with his wife, but ran away to live as a tramp. Oskar and his wife want to adopt Rasmus. Rasmus finally has a home.

Cast & dubbing

role actor Voice actor
Rasmus Oskarsson Eskil Dalenius Roland Kaiser
Paradis-Oskar Åke Grönberg Wolfgang Eichberger
Marta Gudrun Brost Marianne Kehlau
Gunnar Sven Almgren
Anna-Stina Karlsson Eivor Landström Lola Luigi
Miss Höök Brita Öberg Ursula War
Lif Bjorn Berglund Klaus Miedel
Leander Stubborn Djerf Ralph Lothar

background

The film is based on a script for a radio play series by Astrid Lindgren, which was broadcast on Sveriges Radio in 1955 . The script was rewritten in 1956 into a novel, which was published in 1956 under the name Rasmus und der Landstreicher ( Rasmus på luffen ). The film premiered on December 3, 1955 at the Astoria Cinema in Stockholm. In Germany, the film was shown on German television from April 3, 1966. On September 21, 2018, the DVD release took place under the title & Co Kalle Blomquist, Rasmus . The DVD also includes the films Kalle Blomquist Lives Dangerously , Kalle and the Mysterious Carousel and Kalle Blomquist - his worst case .

Even if Rasmus Oskarsson is played by the same actor who also lives dangerously in Kalle Blomquist who embodies Rasmus Rasmusson or in Kalle and the mysterious carousel Rasmus Peterson, it is not the same person. This is a completely independent film, in the style of the first Kalle Blomquist films.

criticism

The lexicon of international films ruled that Rasmus and the Vagabond was an "educationally clever children's film based on the book by Astrid Lindgren."

Lova Hagerfors from the Svenska Filminstitut thinks that the film is told honestly and with great warmth. It is easy to empathize with the fate of Rasmus. The film is surprisingly timeless and is still suitable for children today.

OnealRedux from moviebreak.de praises the cheeky dialogues and good characters. The film lives from its "feeling for the 50s" and reveals itself to be "a great feel-good movie". It is a good film, but never as excellent as the films Kalle Blomquist Live Dangerously or Kalle Blomquist - his worst case .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Rasmus and the vagabond .
  2. "Kalle Blomquist, Rasmus & Co." by Astrid Lindgren is back - on September 21 as a DVD box .
  3. Rasmus and the vagabond. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 9, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. Lova Hagerfors: Luffaren och Rasmus .
  5. OnealRedux: Astrid Lindgren - Kalle Blomquist, Rasmus & Co. - review .