Pippi Goes on Board (film)

Pippi Goes on Board
The DVD cover
Directed byOlle Hellbom
Written byAstrid Lindgren (novel)
Produced byErnst Liesenhoff
Olle Nordemar
StarringInger Nilsson
Maria Persson
Pär Sundberg
Edited byAmrik Minku
John Cryer
Music byChristian Bruhn
Distributed byBeta Film
Release dates
  • 31 October 1969 (1969-10-31) (West Germany)
  • 10 February 1973 (1973-02-10) (Sweden)
  • August 1975 (1975-08) (United States)
Running time
83 min.
CountriesSweden
West Germany
LanguageSwedish

Pippi Goes on Board (original German title: Pippi geht von Bord, Swedish title: Pippi på de sju haven) is a 1969 Swedish/West German movie, based on the eponymous children's books by Astrid Lindgren with the cast of the 1969 TV series Pippi Longstocking. The film consisted of re-edited footage from the TV series. It was produced by Beta Film, one of the German co-producers of the TV series after the success of their first compilation movie Pippi Longstocking, using scenes and episodes not used in the first film. Despite its title, the film has little-to-nothing to do with the book of the same name in terms of story. The movie was eventually released in Sweden in 1973, where it has been poorly received, due to its disjointed continuity compared to the TV series. It was released in the US in 1975.