Fimpen
Fimpen | |
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Directed by | Bo Widerberg |
Written by | Bo Widerberg |
Produced by | Bo Widerberg |
Cinematography | John Olsson |
Edited by | Bo Widerberg |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Fimpen (lit. "the cigarette butt", UK Stubby, international The Butt) is a 1974 Swedish family film written and directed by Bo Widerberg and starring Johan Bergman.
Plot
Six-year-old Johan, nicknamed "Fimpen", is an extraordinarily talented football player. He is discovered and recruited to Hammarby IF and the Swedish national team. Performing in the 1974 World Cup qualification, he is promoted to idol status but finds it difficult to keep up in school.
Cast
- Johan Bergman as Johan 'Fimpen' Bergman
- Monica Zetterlund as Teacher
- Magnus Härenstam as Mackan
- Ernst-Hugo Järegård as Club Official
- Carl Billquist as Principal
- Stig Ossian Ericson as Cab Driver
Football players appearing as themselves: Claes Cronqvist, Ralf Edström, Ove Grahn, Georg Ericson, Ronnie Hellström, Kent Karlsson, Ove Kindvall, Krister Kristensson, Bosse Larsson, Benno Magnusson, Roger Magnusson, Björn Nordqvist, Kenneth Ohlsson, Janne Olsson, Örjan Persson, Roland Sandberg, Tom Turesson and Mats Werner.
TV and radio sports commentators appearing as themselves: Bengt Bedrup, Ulf Elfving, Bengt Grive, Arne Hegerfors, Bo Holmström, Lennart Hyland and Sven Lindahl.
References
External links
- Fimpen at IMDb
- Fimpen at the Swedish Film Institute Database
- Articles lacking sources from December 2009
- All articles lacking sources
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- 1974 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
- Films directed by Bo Widerberg
- Swedish association football films
- 1970s Swedish-language films
- 1970s sports films
- 1970s Swedish films
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- 1970s Swedish film stubs
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