Astrid Lindgrens jul

Dec 1, 1999

0h 59m

★ 8.5

Overview

A collection of well-known Christmas scenes from a number of classic screen versions of Astrid Lindgren's beloved children's books. "Astrid Lindgren's Christmas" includes scenes from "Pippi Longstocking", "Ronia the Robber's Daughter", "Brenda Brave" ("Kajsa Kavat"), "Lotta on Troublemaker Street", "Emil of Lönneberga" and more.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Emil (archive footage)

Jan Ohlsson

Pippi (archive footage)

Inger Nilsson

Ronja Rövardotter (archive footage)

Hanna Zetterberg

Alfred (archive footage)

Björn Gustafson

Annika (archive footage)

Maria Persson

Tommy (archive footage)

Pär Sundberg

Lotta (archive footage)

Grete Havnesköld

Miss Prysselius (archive footage)

Margot Trooger

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