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Mio in the Land of Faraway

Duration:

99 min

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Vladimir Grammatikov

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: Sweden

Filming Locations: Crimea, Ukraine

Earnings

Gross: SEK 17,799,205 (Sweden) Admissions 451,257 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sverre Anker Ousdal

Nick Pickard

Mio

Christian Bale

Jum-Jum

Timothy Bottoms

The King

Susannah York

The Weaver Woman

Christopher Lee

Kato

Igor Yasulovich

Eno / Carpetbeater (as Igor Isulovitch)

Gunilla Nyroos

Aunt Edna

Linn Stokke

Mrs. Lundin

Stig Engström

Benke's Father

Geoffrey Staines

The Spirit

Lyubov Germanova

Jum-Jum's Mother (as Lubov Germanova)

Andrei Petrov

Jiri

Andrey Sergeev

Nonno

Denis Bodrov

Lollo

Anna Foght

Millimani

William Aldridge

Guard

Robin Berglund

Boy at the Yard (voice: Swedish version)

Tomas Bolme

The King (voice: Swedish version)

Helena Brodin

The Weaver Woman (voice: Swedish version)

Crispin Dickson Wendenius

Boy at the Yard (voice: Swedish version)

Max Dickson

Boy at the Yard (voice: Swedish version)

Lena Endre

Mrs. Lundin (voice: Swedish version)

Gunnar Ernblad

Bridgekeeper / Kato's Guard / Kato's Spy (voice: Swedish version)

Åse Fognar

Jiri's Big Sister (voice: Swedish version)

John Harryson

The Swordmaker (voice: Swedish version)

Tor Isedal

Kato (voice: Swedish version)

Ulf Håkan Jansson

Benke's Father / Bridgekeeper / Kato's Guard / Kato's Spy (voice: Swedish version)

Pontus Lantz

Mio

Christoffer Levah

Jiri

Caroline Löthner

Jiri's Little Sister (voice: Swedish version)

Martin Risler

Boy at the Yard (voice: Swedish version) (as Martin Rissler)

Johan Rundqvist

Nonno

Per Sjöstrand

Eno / Carpetbeater (voice: Swedish version)

Hans Strååt

The Spirit / Kato's Spy (voice: Swedish version)

Lasse Swärd

Mr. Sixten (voice: Swedish version)

Max Winerdahl

Jum-Jum

Did you know?

Trivia

The film was shot partially in Sweden and with a partially Swedish cast. The Swedish actors later dubbed themselves in the Swedish edition of the film.

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Based on a book by Astrid Lindgren, author of "Pippi Longstocking". Lindgren wrote the book after she saw a lonely boy sitting on a park bench in Stockholm. She wondered what he was doing there, who he was and where he would end up and that gave birth to the story of Prince Mio. The bench that the boy sat on can still be found in Stockholm today, marked with a sign saying "Mio sat here".

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The Chernobyl power plant disaster occurred when the film was being shot. The crew evacuated the area completely but came back to shoot the next month. They had numerous Geiger counters set throughout the shoot to monitor radiation levels.

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Quotes

Kato: Even if you kill me there will be another Kato. And another. And another. So take your loyal friend and your horse and ride back home, to your father. He's waiting for you.

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Jum-Jum: Use the cape! It will make you invisible to the guards, you can sneak by seven times seven guards and gates and get out of here!

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The Swordmaker: This sword cannot be used to murder the young and innocent. This sword was made especially to kill Kato!

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