Bill Bergson and the White Rose Rescue (original Swedish title: Kalle Blomkvist och Rasmus) is a 1997 Swedish film. It is based on the novel of the same name, written in 1953 by Astrid Lindgren. A previous film had been produced in the year of the book's publication.
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About the film
There are several differences between the book and this film:
At the kidnapping, it is Nicke who guards the car but in the book it is Svedberg, the fourth kidnapper, who is removed from the film.
Anders and Kalle build a hut in the forest on the island, but in the film they live in a cave.
The professor is locked in a room upstairs of the kidnappers' main house, but in the book he is locked in a small house.
In the scene, when the children attack Nicke, Rasmus does not throw out Nicke's key through the window; instead he keeps it hidden in the house.
The seaplane doesn't sink due to the float Kalle cut; instead he screws off the guy-wire of the plane so it is impossible to control it and then it crashes into a tower.
In the film, the Rövarspråket is never used.
The theme music Vår vitaste ros is written and produced by Peter and Nanne Grönvall and sung by Sanna Nielsen.
Cast
Malte Forsberg as Kalle Blomkvist
Josefin Årling as Eva-Lotta
Totte Steneby as Anders
William Svedberg as Rasmus
Jan Mybrand as the professor, Rasmus' father
Claes Malmberg as Björk, policeman
Johan Stattin as Jonte, "Röda Rosen"
Bobo Steneby as Benke
Victor Sandberg as Sixten
Rolf Degerlund as Peters
Patrik Bergner as Blom
Pierre Lindstedt as Nicke