Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven

1970
G
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

5.7K

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Swashbuckler Adventure Comedy Drama Family Fantasy

With the help of her friends Tommy and Annika, Pippi Longstocking ventures to the South Pacific island Porto Piluse to rescue her father, who was captured by ruthless pirates.With the help of her friends Tommy and Annika, Pippi Longstocking ventures to the South Pacific island Porto Piluse to rescue her father, who was captured by ruthless pirates.With the help of her friends Tommy and Annika, Pippi Longstocking ventures to the South Pacific island Porto Piluse to rescue her father, who was captured by ruthless pirates.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

5.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, most famous for his Kon-Tiki expedition, has a small role in this movie as one of the pirates. He was on a vacation in Barbados when this movie was shot and was among the tourists who where asked to be extras in the film.

Goofs
When Pippi, Tommy and Annika hide in the well, all three sit in shoulder-deep water for several hours. Yet, when they finally climb out, the kids are bone-dry.

Quotes
Blod-Svente: [meeting Pippi for the first time, not knowing who she is] And who are you?
Pippi Långstrump: A tiny, tiny pirate. Just like you.
Blod-Svente: What in blazes are you saying? I'm not a pirate! I'm a... I'm a sea captain!
Pippi Långstrump: Are you? If you're a sea captain, then I'm Donald Duck's aunt.

Alternate versions
Ending Credits:
In the original Swedish version, Pippi ends the film by singing the film's theme song, "Sjörövarfabbe" ("Pirate Fabbe"), which continues after fadeout over a black screen. (In current home video releases in Sweden, a credit roll in yellow text was added over the black screen after fadeout.)
The German version has Pippi instead singing the "Hey, Pippi Longstocking" theme song, which continues after fadeout over a black screen.
The US version has Pippi singing the "Pippi Longstocking" theme song, which continues after fadeout, with a white "The End" appearing over black, and the song is cut off (crossfaded) with the final fadeout.

Connections
Followed by På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump (1970)

Soundtracks
Kom An, Kom An, Pirater
("Come On, Come On, Pirates")
Rearrangement of "Här Kommer Pippi Långstrump"
Composed by Jan Johansson
Lyrics by Astrid Lindgren
Arranged by Georg Riedel
Performed by Inger Nilsson, Pär Sundberg, and Maria Persson

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Review

Featured review

For really young kids only

I wanted to see one of the 1970s Pippi Longstocking movies for a long time after reading a book that listed the clumsy and shoddy attributes of one of the series entries. First, I feel I should mention that I have never read any of the Astrid Lindgren "Pippi Longstocking" books, so I have no idea how closely this film adaptation follows the original text. However, I can say that the story as told by this movie unfolds in a truly clumsy fashion. There is a plot, but the way it unfolds is in a real meandering way, almost as if it were being made up as it was going along.

As for the other parts of the movie, well, they are clumsy and shoddy as well, with frequently poor production values and misguided direction. The awkward English dubbing certainly doesn't help.

Sounds like a bad movie lover's dream, right? Well, although the clumsy and shoddy nature of the movie does sometimes provoke some giggles, it isn't aggressive enough to be so bad it's funny. Adults will just find it awkward and incompetent. As for kids (YOUNG kids), they may not mind the poor quality of the entire enterprise, but I suspect they won't be clamouring their parents to watch it a second time.