That Boy Emil

That Boy Emil

2013 · 60 min · ★ 4.5 · Family

‘E-e-emil!’ shouts father across the small farm in Katthult, the boy is up to his old tricks and will have to be banished to the woodshed. Except that Emil doesn’t see this as punishment – on the contrary: he locks the door from inside so that he can continue undisturbed to carve another of his wooden figures, of which he has a whole collection. His little sister Ida also wants to sit inside the shed, but she’s too well-behaved. This new adaptation of Astrid Lindgren’s beloved tales from her book ‘Emil of Lönneberga’ portrays the sunny side of life in the country at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Directed by Lasse Persson · Written by Hans Åke Gabrielsson

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Astrid Lindgren Storyteller (voice)
Gustav Föghner Emil (voice)
Tilda Ramde Ida (voice)
Allan Svensson Anton (voice)
Elisabet Carlsson Alma (voice)
Lindy Larsson Alfred (voice)
Rebecka Teper Lina (voice)
Siw Carlsson Krösa-Maja (voice)
EwaMaria Björkström-Roos Prostinnan (voice)
Hans Åke Gabrielsson Prosten / Handelsmannen (voice)

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