The Great Land of Small is a 1987 Canadian fantasy children's film. It was written by David Sigmund and directed by Vojtech Jasny

Vojtech Jasný

Vojtěch Jasný is a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat ....

. The film starred Michael J. Anderson

Michael J. Anderson

Michael J. Anderson is an American actor known for his roles as the Man from Another Place in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks, the epilogue and prologue film of the series, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and Samson Leonhart on the HBO series Carnivàle...

, in one of his first, and largest, roles. The film is the 5th in the Tales for All (Contes Pour Tous)

Tales for All

Tales for All is a series of children and family films produced by the company Les Productions la Fête. These films were also published as books.-Partial List of Titles:The films are also referred as Tales for All #1, Tales for All #2, etc....

series of children's movies created by Les Productions la Fête.

Plot

Two children, Jenny and David, meet a leprecaun like creature called Fritz in the woods, however his gold dust is being stolen by a wicked hunter. Only Mimmick the Indian knows that the creature is in our world. As the hunter becomes mad with power, he attempts to capture Fritz and the children. With Mimmick's help, they escape to the Land of Small, a mystical, magical land.

Cast

• Michael J. Anderson
  Michael J. Anderson
  Michael J. Anderson is an American actor known for his roles as the Man from Another Place in David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks, the epilogue and prologue film of the series, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, and Samson Leonhart on the HBO series Carnivàle...
  
   as Fritz and the King
• Karen Elkin as Jenny
• Michael Blouin as David
• Ken Roberts as Flannigan and Munch
• Rodrigue Tremblay
  Rodrigue Tremblay
  Rodrigue Tremblay is a Canadian-born economist, humanist and political figure. He taught economics at the Université de Montréal. He specializes in macroeconomics, international trade and finance, and public finance. He is a prolific author of books in economics and politics.- Biography :Born in...
  
   as Mimmick

Trivia

• Michael J. Anderson has also played a leprecaun in season eight of Charmed
  Charmed
  Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
  
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• The film brought mixed reviews, with many children being scared by the film.