Little Tom Thumb

Little Tom Thumb (1987)

Sprīdītis

Tom Thumb's evil stepmother exploits him amd makes his life very hard, so the little shepherd boy decides to leave home and seek happiness in the world outside. There Tom Thumb meets the Wind Mother, Forest Mother and a little old man on his way. Each of them gives him a chore to do that earns him a gift with magical power, which comes in handy when he has to defeat Scrooges, Lop-Eared Man and the Devil himself. While traveling in the world and looking for happiness, he realises he misses his grandmother and little sister...

Date of release
1987-01-03
TMDB
4.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Director
Gunārs Piesis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Sprīdītis (play)

Littlefinger is a 1986 family fantasy film that was written and directed by Gunārs Piesis. The movie premiered in April 1986 in the Soviet Union at the Alma-Ata All-Union Film Festival and was given a release in Czechoslovakia and East and West Germany in subsequent years. The film adapts Anna Brigadere's play based on the fairy tale of Tom Thumb.

Development

The film is based on the play Sprīdītis by Anna Brigadere and was a co-production between Riga Film Studio and the Czechoslovak Barrandov Studios. Per Terry Staples, the movie was one of the last films of its type to be made in the Soviet Union. Gunars Piesis documented the production process in his diary, focusing more on the pre-production process than the actual filming.

One of the songs in the film was sung by Olga Rajecka, who was brought into the film by composer Imants Kalniņš. Kalniņš, a regular contributor to Piesis's work, created eight songs for the film. Lyrics were written by Māra Zālīte, who has cited the song "Piena ceļš" as one of her most precious songs. Another of the songs, "Milk Road", achieved popularity with choirs and was performed by Uģis Brikmanis at a Latvian song and dance festival.

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