''Rasmus på luffen'' is a 1981 Swedish film directed by Olle Hellbom, which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 12 December 1981. It is based on the 1955 film '' Luffaren och Rasmus'' by

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on- ...

, the book ''

Rasmus på luffen ''Rasmus på luffen'' is a 1981 Swedish film directed by Olle Hellbom, which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 12 December 1981. It is based on the 1955 film ''Luffaren och Rasmus'' by Astrid Lindgren, the book '' Rasmus på luffen'' by Lindgr ...

'' by Lindgren was published in 1956.

Plot

The story is set in the year 1910 when a child, Rasmus, runs away from the orphanage ''Västerhaga'' and meets the tramp Oskar.

Selected cast

Allan Edwall Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as ''Fanny and Alexander'' (198 ...

as Oskar * Erik Lindgren as Rasmus * Jarl Kulle as Hilding Lif *

Håkan Serner John Gunnar Håkan Serner (1 September 1933 in Malmö – 25 October 1984 in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor. Family He was nephew to Frank Heller, and stepfather to Malin Gjörup. Awards In 1977 Serner received the award for Best Actor at the ...

as Liander *

Olof Bergström Olof Bergström (21 November 1919 – 22 November 1984) was a Swedish actor. He appeared in 50 films and television shows between 1943 and 1984. Selected filmography * 1945: ''Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas'' as Gustav, Olle's frie ...

as Länsman (policeman) *

Rolf Larsson Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson (born 19 August 1963), known professionally as Joey Tempest, is a Swedish singer best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Europe. He has written the band's great hits such as " The Final Countdown", " Rock the ...

as policeman Bergqvist *

Roland Hedlund Roland Hedlund (17 November 1933 – 8 March 2019) was a Swedish actor. For his role in the 1969 film ''Ådalen 31'' he won the Best Actor award at the 6th Guldbagge Awards. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows between 195 ...

as policeman Andersson *

Lena Brogren Ulla-Britt ("Lena") Brogren (18 April 1929 in Västerås – 21 September 2005 (aged 76) in Gothenburg) was a Swedish actress. In the 1950s, Brogren started working at Gothenburg City Theatre, where she was one of the names on the posters. Her ...

as Martina, Oskar's wife * Tommy Johnson as Nilsson * Lottie Ejebrant as Nilsson's wife * Lars Amble as merchant *

Lena Nyman Anna Lena Elisabet Nyman (23 May 1944 – 4 February 2011) was a Swedish film and stage actress. Having had her first film roles in 1955, Nyman had a role in Vilgot Sjöman's '' 491'' (1964) and got her breakthrough in his ''I Am Curious (Yel ...

as merchant's wife *

Georg Adelly Georg Adelly (19 October 1919 – 26 October 1997) was a Swedish film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1948 and 1984. Selected filmography * '' Loffe as a Millionaire'' (1948) * '' Father Bom'' (1949) * '' Knockout at the Breakfast Cl ...

as Lusknäpparn, tramp *

Göran Graffman Eric Göran Graffman (12 February 1931 – November 2014) was a Sweden, Swedish actor and film director from Gothenburg). He was the father of the actor Per Graffman, the director Emil Graffman and Mats Graffman. Graffman worked as actor at Goth ...

as Rosasco, tramp *

Gösta Linderholm Gösta Gunnar Linderholm (22 June 1941 – 29 December 2020) was a Swedish singer. He was best known for the hit song " Rulla in en boll och låt den rulla" which was released in 1978. He wrote the music to the film ''Rasmus på luffen ''Rasmus ...

as Sju Attan, a tramp * Ulla-Britt Norrman-Olsson as the first woman visited by Oskar and Rasmus * Emy Storm as the principal of Västerhaga *

Svea Holst Svea Holst (20 April 1901 – 28 April 1996) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1923 and 1987. Selected filmography * '' Nothing But the Truth'' (1939) * '' Kristin Commands'' (1946) * ''Crisis'' (1946) * '' ...

as Lille-Sara * Bertil Norström as mayor *

Pål Steen Paul () is a common masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul – or its variation ...

as Gunnar, child at Västerhaga *

Fredrik Ljungdahl Fredrik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name '' Friedrich'' or Friederich, from the Old High German ''fridu'' meaning "peace" and ''rîhhi'' meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick in Norway, Finlan ...

as child at Västerhaga *

Stefan Delvin Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

as child at Västerhaga *

Jonas Karlsson Sven Bert Jonas Karlsson (born 11 March 1971) is a Swedish actor and author. Karlsson was born in Salem. He won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in 2004 for the movie ''Details''. He published his first book, a collection of short stories, in ...

as child at Västerhaga

About film

It was re-released on DVD on 5 November 2003. This was the final film of director Hellbom, who died the next year. Jn

References

External links

* * 1981 films Swedish children's films Films based on works by Astrid Lindgren Films set in 1910 Films directed by Olle Hellbom Films scored by Björn Isfält 1980s Swedish films {{1980s-Sweden-film-stub