''Rasmus på luffen'' is a Swedish film directed by
Olle Hellbom
Nils Olof "Olle" Hellbom (8 October 1925 – 5 June 1982) was a Swedish film director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter. He is most famous for directing films based on novels by Astrid Lindgren. His 1960 film ''The Children of Bullerbyn V ...
, 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 i Lönneberga, Emil of Lönneberga, ...
, and the book ''
Rasmus på luffen'' by Lindgren 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 hobo Oskar.
Cast
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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'' (1982). ...
as Oskar
* Erik Lindgren as Rasmus
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Jarl Kulle
Jarl Lage Kulle (28 February 1927 – 3 October 1997) was a Swedish film and stage actor and director, and father of Maria Kulle.
Kulle was born in the village of Truedstorp, outside Ekeby, Sweden, and was the son of the merchant Nils Kull ...
as Hilding Lif
*
Håkan Serner
John Gunnar Håkan Serner (1 September 1933 in Malmö – 25 October 1984 in Stockholm) was a Sweden, Swedish actor.
Family
He was nephew to Frank Heller, and stepfather to Malin Gjörup.
Awards
In 1977 Serner received the award for Guldbagge ...
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 fri ...
as Länsman (policeman)
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Rolf Larsson as policeman Bergqvist
*
Roland Hedlund as policeman Andersson
*
Lena Brogren as Martina, Oskar's wife
*
Tommy Johnson as Nilsson
*
Lottie Ejebrant as Nilsson's wife
*
Lars Amble
Lars Anders Amble-Næss (10 August 1939 – 20 August 2015) was a Swedish actor and director. Amble was the son of Leif Amble-Næss and Maritta Marke. After finishing theater school in Stockholm, which he attended from 1962 to 1965, he was hired by ...
as merchant
*
Lena Nyman as merchant's wife
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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, Hobo
*
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, Hobo
*
Gösta Linderholm as Sju Attan, a Hobo
* Ulla-Britt Norrman-Olsson as the first woman visited by Oskar and Rasmus
*
Emy Storm as the principal of Västerhaga
*
Svea Holst as Lille-Sara
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Bertil Norström
Per Bertil Norström (9 September 1923 – 6 September 2012) was a Swedish actor. Born in Sala Municipality, Sweden, Sala, he was married to the actress Margreth Weivers from 1947 until his death.
Selected filmography
*1956 - ''The Staffan Stolle ...
as mayor
* Pål Steen as Gunnar, child at Västerhaga
* Fredrik Ljungdahl as child at Västerhaga
* Stefan Delvin 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, i ...
as child at Västerhaga
About film
''Rasmus på luffen'' was re-released on DVD on 5 November 2003.
This was the final film of director Hellbom, who died the next year.
References
External links
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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
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