BigList
Login / Sign up
Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1962)

Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1962)

Adventure Family

Based on Selma Lagerlöf's story

Release Date: 1962, September 12
Directors: Kenne Fant
Countries: Sweden
Production: Nordisk Tonefilm, Kenne Fant & Co
Cast: Max von Sydow, Åke Fridell, Yvonne Lombard, Naima Wifstrand, Carl Andersson, Gösta Ekman, Anita Wall, Christina Schollin, King Gustav VI Adolf, Jarl Kulle, John Elfström, Birger Åsander

Overview:

A film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's classic book about Nils Holgersson, who is a real rascal. As punishment for his mischief, a house elf shrinks him to his size. The farm animals are out for revenge and so Nils must escape on the back of a goose from Skåne in the south to Lapland in the north. During his flight over Sweden, Nils gets to take part in many adventures.