Kan du vissla Johanna? (film)

Kan du vissla Johanna? ("Can You Whistle Johanna?") is a Swedish TV film which originally aired over Sveriges Television on 24 December 1994,[1] based on the screenwriter Ulf Stark's 1992 book with the same name. Since 1994 it has been broadcast at Christmas.[2]

Kan du vissla Johanna?
Based onKan du vissla Johanna?
by Ulf Stark
Written byUlf Stark
Directed byRumle Hammerich
StarringTobias Swärd
Jimmy Sandin
Per Oscarsson
ComposerJacob Groth
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
Production
ProducerAgneta Jansson
CinematographyAndra Lasmanis
Running time55 minutes[1]
Production companySveriges Television
Release
Original networkKanal 1
Original release
  • 24 December 1994 (1994-12-24) (Sweden)

The title comes from a 1932 song with the same name by Åke Söderblom and Sten Axelson.

Plot

The film takes place during the 1950s. Berra, a 7-year-old boy, wishes for a grandfather who he can love, who can invite him for coffee and who can teach him how to whistle. His friend Ulf tells him that he can look at the retirement home, where he finds an old man called Nils who becomes Berra's stepgrandfather.

Cast

References

  1. "Kan du vissla Johanna?" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 24 December 1994. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)


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