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Mio in the Land of Faraway is a 1987 fantasy film directed by Vladimir Grammatikov, and starring Christopher Lee, Christian Bale, Nicholas Pickard, Timothy Bottoms and Susannah York. Based on the 1954 novel Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren, it tells the story of a boy from Stockholm who travels to an otherworldly fantasy realm and frees the land from an evil knight's oppression. Mio in the Land ...
A young boy named Bosse lives in misery with his cruel old aunt and uncle, until one night, he is whisked away to the magical land of Faraway. He finds that his real father is the king, and he is Prince Mio. Along with his friend JumJum, he sets out to defeat the evil knight Kato, and free the children that Kato has enslaved.
In 1984 there had already been rumours about a Swedish-Soviet collaboration to make a film adaption of Astrid Lindgren’s beloved novel from 1954, about the lonesome boy Bo Vilhelm Olsson (Andy); who meets a genie in a bottle, travels to the Land of Faraway, where his real father awaits him and tells him his real name is Prince Mio.It wasn’t Astrid Lindgren who wrote the screenplay but ...
In 1984 there had already been rumours about a Swedish-Soviet collaboration to make a film adaption of Astrid Lindgren’s beloved novel from 1954, about the lonesome boy Bo Vilhelm Olsson (Andy); who meets a genie in a bottle, travels to the Land of Faraway, where his real father awaits him and tells him his real name is Prince Mio.
Synopsis. They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the boundaries of space and time. A fantasy about a lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king.
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The Land of Faraway ★★ Mio in the Land of Faraway 1987 (G) A Swedish boy is whisked off to a magical land where he does battle with evil knights and flies on winged horses. Dubbed; based on a novel by Astrid Lindgren. 95m/C VHS, DVD . Timothy Bottoms, Christian Bale, Susannah York, Christopher Lee, Nicholas Pickard; D: Vladimir Grammatikov.
