Peter-No-Tail in Americat
Peter-No-Tail in Americat (Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt) | |
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Directed by | Stig Lasseby Jan Gissberg |
Written by | Story: Leif Krantz |
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Running time | 78 min. |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Peter-No-Tail in Americat (Swedish: Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt) is a 1985 Swedish animation based on stories about the tail-less cat Pelle Svanslös by Gösta Knutsson. The cartoon is a sequel to the 1981 cartoon Peter-No-Tail, and is known in Sweden for its extremely surreal content.
Plot[]
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Peter-No-Tail (Pelle Svanslös) is a cat without a tail, being bit off by a rat when he was a kitten. He compensates for this by studying hard, and much to the dismay of his arch-rival Magnus (Måns), he receives a high university degree that few cats in the university town of Uppsala, Sweden, have obtained. In the movie, he is visited by his American relative Pelle Swanson, who invites him to visit his new home country, the United States, in the movie called Americat. There everything is bigger; even the rats are much fatter.
The movie is mainly about what happens to someone from another country who is not used to the life in a big city. Nevertheless, Peter-No-Tail is still a kindhearted cat to everyone, even if the other cats are not nice to him. Everything seems possible in America, even the prospect of finally having a proper tail and a sweetheart to call one's own.
The movie has many surreal elements, as when Peter encounters large ghetto-rats that try to eat him, the famous church of Uppsala turning into a huge cat, and a Native American cat that uses magic to give him a long, golden tail, earning him the nickname of "Peter Gold-Tail."
Cast[]
Character | Original[1] | UK Dub | US Dub |
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Pelle Svanslös/Peter-No-Tail | Erik Lindgren | Susan Sheridan | Cam Clarke |
Maja Gräddnos/Maya Silknose/Molly Creamnose | Ewa Fröling | Unknown | |
Elaka Måns/Mans/Max | Ernst-Hugo Järegård | Jeff Harding | Bill Capizzi |
Bull | Björn Gustafson | ||
Bill | Carl Billquist | Robert Axelrod | |
Lodjuret/Lynxen/Old Bearcat | Jan Nygren | Mike Reynolds | |
Filadelfia-Fille/Philadelphia Philly | Stephen Lyons | Robert Axelrod | |
Pelle Swanson/Peter Longtail | Stellan Skarsgård | Unknown |
Additional Voices[]
- Original: Eddie Axberg (a rat), (The gold from Arcadia), Nils Eklund (Rickard from Rickomberga), (Laban from Observatorielunden), (Murre from Skogstibble), Hans Lindgren (Preschool Like The Cat, Building Like The Cat), (Frida), Agneta Prytz (Gammel-Maja), (Fritz)
- United Kingdom: , , , , , Stephen Lyons, , Angharad Davies, ,
- United States: Tom Wyner (Rat)
References[]
- ^ "Pelle Svanslös i Amerikatt (1985) – Svensk Filmdatabas". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
External links[]
- 1985 films
- Swedish-language films
- Films based on Swedish novels
- Swedish children's films
- Swedish animated films
- Animated films about cats
- Films set in the United States
- Films set in Uppsala
- Swedish films
- Atlantic Entertainment Group films
- 1980s children's animated films
- Swedish film stubs
- Animated film stubs