Pippi in the South Seas
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Pippi in the South Seas is a 1970 film, based on the eponymous children's books
Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking is a fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and adapted into multiple films and television series...

 by Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...

 with the cast of the 1969 TV series Pippi Longstocking.

Synopsis

Pippi, with friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on the South Seas
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...

 to hunt for her father, who has been kidnapped by pirates
Piracy
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator...

.

Cast

  • Inger Nilsson
    Inger Nilsson
    Karin Inger Monica Nilsson is a Swedish actress. She is a former child actress.She is primarily known for her portrayal of Pippi Longstocking in the Swedish-produced TV series of the same name during 1969, which was later compiled, re-dubbed into English, and released as four feature films in 1969...

     - Pippi Longstocking
    Pippi Longstocking
    Pippi Longstocking is a fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, and adapted into multiple films and television series...

  • Maria Persson - Annika
  • Pär Sundberg - Tommy
  • Beppe Wolgers
    Beppe Wolgers
    John Bertil "Beppe" Wolgers was a Swedish author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer and artist.Wolgers was born in Stockholm...

     - Captain Efraim Longstocking
  • Martin Ljung
    Martin Ljung
    Martin Vilhelm Ljung was a Swedish comedian, actor and singer.His movie debut was in the 1947 movie Tappa inte sugen starring Nils Poppe....

     - Jocke med Kniven
  • Jarl Borssén - Blod-Svente
  • Alfred Schieske - Oscar
  • Nikolaus Schilling - Kalle
  • Staffan Hallerstam
    Staffan Hallerstam
    Staffan Hallerstam is a Swedish actor and physician. He is father to Leo Hallerstam.When Hallerstam became an adult, he participated in include Gamle Adam and Min käre man at Vasateatern in Stockholm and he participated in Bamse at Fria teatern in Högdalen in Stockholm...

     - Marko
  • Öllegård Wellton - Mrs Settergren (Tommy's and Annika's mother)
  • Fredrik Ohlsson
    Fredrik Ohlsson
    Fredrik Ohlsson is a Swedish actor. In 1956 he won a scholarship to RADA, where he trained for two years.-External links:...

     - Sven Settergren (Tommy's and Annika's father)

The film series

The Swedish series Pippi Longstocking (1969), consisted of 13 episode
Episode
An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars...

s, which were later edited into two movies for U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 distribution. Later two movies were made..

The re-edited Tv-series are:
  • Pippi Longstocking
    Pippi Longstocking (1969 film)
    Pippi Longstocking is a 1969 film, based on the eponymous children's books by Astrid Lindgren with the cast of the 1969 TV series. This movie is collection of some episodes of the original TV series and was released in the U.S...

    (1969)
  • Pippi Goes on Board
    Pippi Goes on Board
    Pippi Goes on Board is a 1969 film, based on the eponymous children's books by Astrid Lindgren with the cast of the 1969 TV series.-Cast:*Inger Nilsson - Pippi Longstocking*Maria Persson - Annika...

    (Här kommer Pippi Långstrump, 1969)


The movies are:
  • Pippi in the South Seas (Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven, 1970)
  • Pippi on the Run
    Pippi on the Run
    Pippi on the Run is a 1970 film, based on the eponymous children's books by Astrid Lindgren with the cast of the 1969 TV series...

    (På rymmen med Pippi Långstrump, 1970)
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