Hoppa högst is a 30-minute-long Swedish children's film

Children's film

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. It premiered on 24 March 1989 on Sveriges Television

Sveriges Television

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 (SVT). The script was written by famous children's book author Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...

, and is based on a story from the book Kajsa Kavat

Kajsa Kavat

Kajsa Kavat is a story by Astrid Lindgren about a little girl named Kajsa in Sweden. The series is broadcast on TV at least once a year, as with all Astrid Lindgren series. The book about the character has been translated into many different languages....

, also written by Lindgren.

The film was directed by Johanna Hald, who would later direct the film adaption of Lindgren's book Lotta på Bråkmakargatan. Waldemar Berghendal produced Hoppa högst, and Björn Isfält directed the music. Since its original airing on SVT, the film has been rerun

Rerun

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 several times.

The first screening of Hoppa högst at a theater was in Sergels torg

Sergels Torg

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, Stockholm

Stockholm

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 on 23 March 1989. The film's production company, AB Svensk Filmindustri

AB Svensk Filmindustri

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, also served as the distributor. It was distributed in Norway as Hvem kan hoppe høyest (English: Who can jump the highest).

Plot

The film is about two rival boys, Albin (Markus Åström) and Stig (Ramses Ericstam), whose mothers (Lena T. Hansson and Suzanne Reuter, respectively) have them compete against each other throughout their childhood. The rival mothers compete in whose child will learn to walk and talk first. As the boys grow older and start school, they begin to compete by themselves. Competitions include seeing who dares to jump to the ground from various high places, including a tree, a bridge, and a hayloft. They also have a earthworm-eating contest. One day, as they compete for who dares to jump from the roof of a barn, both boys break a leg and end up at the hospital. As they begin to recover, the boys laugh with each other, realizing how stupid their rivalry has been.

External links

• Hoppa högst on the Internet Movie Database
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