Den vita stenen
Den vita stenen ("The White Stone") is a 1964 Swedish children's book written by Gunnel Linde. In 1965 Linde received the Nils Holgersson Plaque for this book. In 1973 a TV version of the story was produced.
Plot
The book takes place in a village in the Swedish countryside during the 1930s. Fia and her mother Mrs Pettersson, a piano-teacher, live in the big house of the village's "häradshövding" (a countryside local judge/lawspeaker), where the bad-tempered housekeeper Malin lives. Many people say bad things about Mrs Pettersson.[1]
One day a boy called Hampus comes to the village together with his uncle, who is a shoemaker, his wife and their 6 children. The shoemaker's wife thinks that Hampus is stupid as he "always makes them move house"; they have changed home often. When Hampus and Fia meet, they don't want to say their real names. The two children, who are alienated, start their own fraternity and call themselves "Fideli" (Fia) and "Farornas konung" ("The King of Dangers", Hampus). They "fight" for a white stone and order each other on "missions": "when you have completed the "mission" you'll get the stone".[1]
TV series
In 1973 a TV series with 13 parts, directed by Göran Graffman, based on the book, was produced.[2][3]
Cast
- Julia Hede as Ina Vendela Sofia "Fia" Pettersson
- Ulf Hasseltorp as Hampus
- Ulf Johanson as the "häradshövding" (judge)
- Betty Tuvén as Malin
- Monica Nordquist as Mrs Pettersson
- Håkan Serner as the shoemaker, Hampus' uncle
- Maj-Britt Lindholm as Mrs Kolmodin, the shoemaker's wife
- Ingemar Hasselquist as Henning, son to the shoemaker
- Cecilia Nilsson as Eivor, the shoemaker's daughter
- Gunilla Söderholm as Siri, the shoemaker's daughter
- Ann-Charlotte Lithman as Nanna, the shoemaker's daughter
- Joakim Rundberg as Ture, the shoemaker's son
- Robert Rundberg as Lulle, the shoemaker's son
- Fanny Gjörup as Britta
- Eva Dahlqvist as Essay
- Pia Skagermark as Solbritt
- Börje Mellvig as merchant
- Björn Gustafson as baker Emilsson
- Ove Tjernberg as "Farornas Konung", lion tamer at cirkus
- Willy Peters as doctor
References and sources
- 1 2 http://home.online.no/~groennsl/hvitestenen/
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081956/
- ↑ http://hem.bredband.net/b140510/filmer/episodguider/den_vita_stenen.html