Fimpen

Fimpen
Directed by Bo Widerberg
Produced by Bo Widerberg
Written by Bo Widerberg
Cinematography John Olsson
Edited by Bo Widerberg
Release dates
16 February 1974
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

Football players appearing as themselves: Claes Cronqvist, Ralf Edström, Ove Grahn, Georg 'Åby' Ericson, Ronnie Hellström, Kent Karlsson, Ove Kindvall, Krister Kristensson, Bosse Larsson, Benno Magnusson, Roger Magnusson, Björn Nordqvist, Kenta 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.

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