Benny's Bathtub
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| Directed by | Jannik Hastrup Flemming Quist Møller |
| Written by | Flemming Quist Møller |
| Produced by | Anni Holst Per Holst |
| Starring | Peter Belli Jesper Klein Trille Jytte Abildstrøm |
| Cinematography | Poul Dupont |
| Edited by | Henrik Carlsen |
| Music by | Hans-Henrik Ley |
| Distributed by | Fiasco Film |
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Running time | 41 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Benny's Bathtub (Original title: Bennys badekar) is a 1971 Danish animated film directed by Jannik Hastrup and Flemming Quist Møller.[1] The film is the story of a boy who flees the boring world of adults into a magical land in the bottom of his bathtub. The film featured the voices and songs of Peter Belli, Otto Brandenburg and Povl Dissing as well as the jazz music of Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. Benny's Bathtub received a special Bodil Award for animated film in 1971. The film and its music became a cult hit in Denmark.[2] It is one of the ten films chosen for Denmark's cultural canon by the Danish Ministry of Culture.[3]
Plot
The protagonist is a young child named Benny who is bored in his flat building because his parents are too busy to play or chat to him. Benny captures a tadpole outside and brings it inside to put it in the bathtub. Benny discovers the tadpole is an enchanted prince, who dives with Benny to the bottom of the bathtub and into a magical ocean world. In this fantastic world Benny meets pirates, mermaids and an octopus and experiences the things he misses in his daily life.
Cast
- Bo Jakobsen as Benny
- Jesper Klein as Haletudsen
- Peter Belli as Blæksprutten
- Jytte Abildstrøm as Dagny
- Otto Brandenburg as Hummerdrengen
- Jytte Hauch-Fausbøll as Bennys mor
- Rolf Krogh as Ornitologen
- Povl Dissing as Sørøver
- Per Bentzon Goldschmidt as Sørøver
- Per Tønnes Nielsen as Cowboy
- Aya as Havfrue
- Maia Årskov as Havfrue
- Trille (Bodil Trille Nielsen) as Havfrue
- Christian Sievert as Krabbe
References
- ^ Skotte, Kim (18 October 2020). "Alle havde glemt alt om disse optagelser fra 'Bennys badekar'. Heldigvis er de blevet gravet frem, og selv i USA vil de lytte med". Politiken. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ Kjaer, Birgitte (24 May 2011). "Kulttegnefilm opføres live på Roskilde Festival" [Cult cartoon to be performed live at Roskilde Festival]. Politiken. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Bennys Badekar". Kanon for Film. Archived from the original on 16 November 2008.Danish Ministry for Culture, 2006
External links
- Benny's Bathtub at IMDb
- Benny's Bathtub in the Danish Film Database
- Bennys badekar at the Danish Film Database (in Danish)
- Bennys Uofficielle Badekar Archived 2 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine