Cinema
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
Flåklypa Grand Prix
Ivo Caprino · 1975
Synopsis
In the mountain hamlet of Flåklypa, Reodor Felgen repairs bicycles and invents things. He lives with two companions, the magpie Solan Gundersen, an optimist, and the hedgehog Ludvig, a fearful pessimist. The trio learns that a former apprentice of Reodor's, Rudolf Blodstrupmoen, has stolen the plans for an engine from him and is now racing as a champion. They decide to challenge him: thanks to an oil sheikh on holiday in the village, Ben Redic Fy Fazan, who agrees to finance the venture, they build a giant car, Il Tempo Gigante, to enter the big race.
Context
The film takes up the characters of the cartoonist and writer Kjell Aukrust, born in a newspaper column of the 1950s and 1960s. It came out of a television series project that public television refused; Remo Caprino, the director's son, had the idea of making a feature film from it. Bjarne Sandemose built the car, the music is by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, and the film was released on 28 August 1975. An English version appeared in 1981.
Who it is for
About an hour and a half, in Norwegian, in stop-motion puppet animation: a film for children that adults watch too.
Prizes and reception
The most-watched Norwegian film of all time, with about five million admissions.
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