Peter-No-Tail is a cat who's born without a proper tail on a farm by the Swedish countryside. Due to economical difficulties, the farmer is forced to get rid of Peter. The farmer can't bring himself to drown the cat, so he sneaks Peter inside the car of a family who are renting a house close to the farm for their summer vacation. When the family finally reach their home in Uppsala, Sweden, they find Peter and decide to keep him. Without a tail, he becomes the talk of the town among the other cats and, especially Mike, who teases him cruelly. Mean Mike and his two companions, Bill and Bull, are notorious for the nasty tricks they like to play on other cats. Mike is currently trying to court Molly Silk-Nose, but his rough and silly approach does not impress her, since she becomes interested in the kind and gentle Peter. But Mike won't give up that easily and he has a plan for how he'll get his revenge.
Writing
Children's story that doesn't flinch from economic desperation
Director
Jan Gissberg
Ewa Fröling
Maja Gräddnos
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Elake Måns
Carl Billquist
Bill / Stövlarna
Björn Gustafson
Bull
Wallis Grahn
Gammel-Maja
Lena-Pia Bernhardsson
Gullan från Arkadien
Åke Lagergren
Murre från Skogstibble
Nils Eklund
Rickard från Rickomberga
Eddie Axberg
Den Tjocka Råttan
Helena Brodin
Mamman
Axel Düberg
Pappan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Gösta Knutsson's beloved 1939 children's books, this is basically Sweden's Stuart Little—except actually Swedish and significantly more melancholic about poverty.
Ernst-Hugo Järegård later became iconic as the hospital director in Lars von Trier's Riget—Mean Mike to medical megalomaniac is quite the career trajectory.
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