Kan du vissla Johanna (film)

Kan du vissla Johanna? ("Can You Whistle Johanna?") is a Swedish TV film which originally aired over Sveriges Television on 24 December 1994, based on the screenwriter Ulf Stark's 1992 book with the same name. Since 1994 it has been broadcast at Christmas.

Contents

• Film om boken kan du vissla johanna
• Kan du vissla johanna jakob groth soundtrack
• Plot
• Cast
• References

The title comes from a 1932 song with the same name by Åke Söderblom and Sten Axelson.

Plot

The film takes place during the 1950s. Berra, a 7-year-old boy, wishes for a grandfather who he can love, who can invite him for coffee and who can teach him how to whistle. His friend Ulf tells him that he can look at the retirement home, where he finds an old man called Nils who becomes Berra's stepgrandfather.

Cast

Tobias Swärd as Berra (Bertil)

Jimmy Sandin as Ulf

Per Oscarsson as Nils

Helena Kallenbäck as Tora, woman working at the retirement home

Thomas Roos as Mr Gustavsson

Gunilla Abrahamsson as teacher

Gustav Levin as Priest

Mats Bergman as Tobacco merchant