Benny's Bathtub
| Benny's Bathtub | |
|---|---|
 Front cover of the Danish DVD for Benny's Bathtub | |
| Directed by |
Jannik Hastrup Flemming Quist Møller |
| Produced by |
Anni Holst Per Holst |
| Written by | Flemming Quist Møller |
| Starring |
Peter Belli Jesper Klein Trille Jytte Abildstrøm |
| Music by | Hans-Henrik Ley |
| Cinematography | Poul Dupont |
| Edited by | Henrik Carlsen |
| Distributed by | Fiasco Film |
Release dates |
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Running time | 41 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Benny's Bathtub (Original title: Bennys badekar) is a 1971 Danish animated film directed by Jannik Hastrup and Flemming Quist Møller. The film relates the story of a boy who flees the boring world of adults into a magical land in the bottom of his bathtub. The film featured the voices and songs of Peter Belli, Otto Brandenburg and Poul Dissing as well as the jazz music of Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Benny's Bathtub received a special Bodil Award for animated film in 1971 and is one of the ten films chosen for Denmark's cultural canon by the Danish Ministry of Culture.[1]
Synopsis
It is the story of a boy named Benny who is bored in the apartment house where his parents don't have time to talk or play with him. Outdoors, Benny catches a tadpole which he takes home into the bathtub. Benny discovers the tadpole is an enchanted prince, who dives with Benny to the bottom of the bathtub and into a magical ocean world. In this fantastic world Benny meets pirates, mermaids and an octopus and experiences the things he misses in his daily life.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Bo Jakobsen | Benny |
| Jesper Klein | Haletudsen |
| Peter Belli | Blæksprutten |
| Jytte Abildstrøm | Dagny |
| Otto Brandenburg | Hummerdrengen |
| Jytte Hauch-Fausbøll | Bennys mor |
| Rolf Krogh | Ornitologen |
| Poul Dissing | Sørøver |
| Per Bentzon Goldschmidt | Sørøver |
| Per Tønnes Nielsen | Cowboy |
| Aya | Havfrue |
| Maia Årskov | Havfrue |
| Trille (Bodil Trille Nielsen) | Havfrue |
| Christian Sievert | Krabbe |
| Allan Botschinsky | Søhest |
References
- ↑ "Bennys Badekar". Kanon for Film.Danish Ministry for Culture, 2006
External links
- Benny's Bathtub at the Internet Movie Database
- Benny's Bathtub in the Danish National Filmography
- Bennys badekar at the Danish Film Database (in Danish)
- Bennys Uofficielle Badekar