Up and Away (film)

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Up and Away
Directed byKarsten Kiilerich
Produced byKim Magnusson
Tivi Magnusson
Anders Mastrup[1]
Edited byHans Perk
Music byHalfdan E
Sebastian[2]
Production
company
Distributed byM&M Productions
Release date
  • 8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)
Running time
81 minutes[3]
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish
Budget$1,230,407[4]

Up and Away (Danish: Hodja fra Pjort, lit. 'Hodja from Pjort')[1] is a 2018 Danish animated fantasy adventure film[5] written and directed by Karsten Kiilerich, based on the children's book of the same name by Danish writer Ole Lund Kirkegaard.[1][6][7]

Premise[]

Young boy Hodja lives in the small town of Pjort, but dreams of traveling the world. So – against his father's wishes – Hodja makes a deal with his neighbour that lets him borrow his flying carpet on the condition that Hodja will try to find the man's granddaughter, Diamond.[8]

Cast[]

  • Thure Lindhardt as Hodja
  • Özlem Saglanmak as Smaragd
  • Peter Zhelder as Rotten
  • Kurt Ravn as El Faza
  • Peter Frödin as Sultan
  • Raaberg as Mor Birgitte
  • Lars Ranthe as Far
  • Rebecca Rønde Kiilerich as Perlesten
  • Jens Jacob Tychsen as Grumme
  • Troells Toya as Salep
  • Erik Holmey and Michael Zuckow Mardorf as Vagt
  • Vibeke Duehol as the Sultan's favourite wife[6]

Release[]

The film was released in Denmark on 2 February 2018, where it received 164,273 admissions in Danish cinemas.[9] It grossed $1,230,407 worldwide.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Up and Away (Hodja fra Pjort) at Cineuropa – the best of European cinema. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ Up and Away at Soundtrack.net. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ Hodja fra Pjort at Medierådet for børn og unge (Media Council for Children and Young People) – Medieraadet.dk. (in Danish). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b Up and Away at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. ^ Up and Away at Common Sense Media. (Reviewed by Cassidy, Tom). Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b Up and Away at the Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  7. ^ Jensen, Jorn Rossing (5 July 2016) Hodja from Pjort returns from a feature and a musical to animation. Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. ^ LePire, Bobby (22 January 2019) Up and Away. Film Threat. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  9. ^ Facts & Figures 2019, 25 April 2020. Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 19 August 2021.

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