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Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Peter-No-Tail (1981)
Pelle is a cat who was born without a proper tail. He is taken care of by a family living in Uppsala. Without a tail, he becomes the talk of the town among the other cats, and especially Måns, who teases him cruelly. Måns' rough and silly courting of Maja Gräddnos does not impress her, since she’s interested in the kind and gentle Pelle. But Måns won't give up that easy...
| Country | Sweden |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Duration | 81 min |
| Rating | 6 |
| Language | Swedish |
| Subtitle | Simultanneous translation into |
| Directed by | Stig Lasseby |
| Screenplay | Leif Krantz |
| Director of Photography | Eberhard Fehmers |
| Music | Berndt Egerbladh |
| Contact | The Swedish Film Institute |
Biography
A director, animator and producer, by education a drawing teacher. He made e.g. animated TV series, short films and a feature film (1976) dedicated to detective Agathon Saxo. A director, animator and comic book artist, he studied at the Konsfack art university in Stockholm. In addition to short animated works, he shot the feature film Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High (Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll på svindlandeäventyr, 1991).