Fimpen, der Knirps (1974)

Fimpen, der Knirps: Directed by Bo Widerberg. With Johan Bergman, Magnus Härenstam, Monica Zetterlund, Ernst-Hugo Järegård. Six year old Johan, a.k.a. Fimpen, loves football. One day his talents are discovered. It doesn’t take long before Fimpen gets to travel around with the national team. Fimpen becomes an idol and media wants a piece of him all the time. It gets hard to catch up in school.

“One of Bo Widerbergu0026#39;s lesser known works.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story about the six year old Fimpen who get to play with the national team of Sweden (who appear as themselves) is really charming.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe scene when the team with Ralf Edström, Ronnie Hellström and others complaining to coach u0026quot;Åbyu0026quot;. About reading the bedtime story 14 Little Bears over and over again to Fimpen is really funny.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo is Carl Billquist as the little too enthusiastic principal.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUnfortunately the sound quality is rather poor and I wonder if that might be the reason why it hasnu0026#39;t been shown very much?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStill, this is a good childrenu0026#39;s film that not only children are going to find amusing.”