Pinocchio (1941)

  • Version 1941
  • Version 1995
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Inga Tidblad

(May 29, 1901 - September 12, 1975)

Torsten Winge

(May 10, 1886 - May 6, 1969)

Carl-Gunnar Wingård

(February 27, 1894 - January 20, 1977)

Cast :

Swedish name

Original name

Voices
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Inga Tidblad (speaking & singing?)
Benjamin Syrsa
Jiminy Cricket
Torsten Winge (speaking) & Sven-Olof Sandberg (or) Gösta Winge (?) (singing)
Geppetto
Geppetto
Carl-Gunnar Wingård (speaking & singing?)
Redlige John
Honest John
Georg Funkquist (speaking & singing?)
Den blå fén
Blue Fairy
Anna Lindahl
Stromboli
Kusken
Stromboli
Coachman
Benkt-Åke Benktsson
Lampis
Lampwick
Håkan Westergren
Alexander
Alexander
Ingrid Borthen

Marionettdockor

Marionettes
Lisbeth Bodin
Inga Gentzel
Anna-Lisa Cronström
Berättare
Narrator
Gustaf Molander

Songs

  • « När en önskestjärna tänds » (« When You Wish Upon a Star (Opening credits) »)
performed by : Sven-Olof Sandberg (or) Gösta Winge (?) (Jiminy Cricket) & Choir
  • « Lilla vän av trä » (« Little Wooden Head »)
performed by : Carl-Gunnar Wingård (?) (Geppetto)
  • « Bara vissla » (« Give A Little Whistle »)
performed by : Sven-Olof Sandberg (or) Gösta Winge (?) (Jiminy Cricket) ; Inga Tidblad (?) (Pinocchio)
  • « Hipp hipp hurra » (« Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee »)
performed by : Georg Funkquist (?) (Honest John) ; Inga Tidblad (?) (Pinocchio)
  • « Inga band kan binda mig » (« I've Got No Strings »)
performed by : Inga Tidblad (?) (Pinocchio) ; ? (Dutch Marionette) ; ? (French Marionette) ; ? (Russian Marionette)
  • « När en önskestjärna tänds (Final) » (« When You Wish Upon a Star (Finale) »)
performed by : Sven-Olof Sandberg (or) Gösta Winge (?) (Jiminy Cricket) & Choir

Technical Staff

Per-Axel Branner
?
Nils Bohman
Nils Bohman
Emil A. Lingheim
Europa Film
Dubbing director
Musical director
Translator
Lyricist
Sound engineer
Dubbing studio
Sources : Aftonbladet (Main cast, Jiminy Cricket's singing voice) / Original poster (Dubbing director & Translator) / Disneyania (Rest of the cast, Song's titles, Sound engineer & Dubbing studio)
[...] «If you want to be meticulously accurate, you should add Sven Olof Sandberg's name alongside Torsten Winge's for Jiminy Cricket. It is Sven Olof who is responsible for the song.» [...]
- Aftonbladet; April 22, 1941

"Pinocchio's swedish voice is made by 39 years-old actress Inga Tidblad, and opera singer Gösta Winge sings Jiminy's Cricket's "When you wish upon a star..." [...].
- Aftonbladet; November 13, 1987
«[...] Like Snow White, Pinocchio is a completely Swedish film with Swedish text by Nils Bohman and directed by Per-Axel Branner.​»
​- Original Swedish Poster

Johan Halldén

(February 25, 1984 -  )

Jan Modin

(August 23, 1951 -  )

John Harryson

(April 17, 1926 - November 28, 2008)

Cast :

Swedish name

Original name

Voices
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
Johan Halldén (speaking & singing)
Benjamin Syrsa
Jiminy Cricket
Jan Modin (speaking) & Bertil Engh (singing)
Geppetto
Geppetto
John Harryson (speaking & singing)
Ärlige John
Honest John
Bo Maniette (speaking & singing)
Blå Fén
Blue Fairy
Jasmine Wigartz
Stromboli
Stromboli
Stephan Karlsén
Kusken
Coachman
?
Lampis
Lampwick
Samuel Elers-Svensson
Alexander
Alexander
?
Marionettdockor
Marionettes
Nina Alfredsson (?)
Liza Öhman (?)
Berättare
Narrator
?

Choir

Nina Alfredsson
Liza Öhman
Bertil Engh

Songs

  • « Ser du stjärnan i det blå » (« When You Wish Upon a Star (Opening credits) »)
performed by : Bertil Engh (Jiminy Cricket) & Choir
  • « Lilla lekkamrat » (« Little Wooden Head »)
performed by : John Harryson (Geppetto)
  • « Bara vissla » (« Give A Little Whistle »)
performed by : Bertil Engh (Jiminy Cricket) ; Johan Halldén (Pinocchio)
  • « Hej diddel-di-di » (« Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee »)
performed by : Bo Maniette (Honest John) ; Johan Halldén (Pinocchio)
  • « Trådar har jag inga kvar » (« I've Got No Strings »)
performed by : Johan Halldén (Pinocchio) ; ? (Dutch Marionette) ; ? (French Marionette) ; ? (Russian Marionette)
  • « Ser du stjärnan i det blå (Final) » (« When You Wish Upon a Star (Finale) »)
performed by : Bertil Engh (Jiminy Cricket) & Choir

Technical Staff

Monica Forsberg
Monica Forsberg (?)
Mats Wänblad
Mats Wänblad
.S.S. Wilson
Daniel Bergfalk
Anders Öjebo
Thomas Banestål
KM Studio AB
Dubbing director
Musical director
Translator
Lyricist
Lyricist ("When You Wish Upon a Star")
Sound engineer
Sound engineer
Sound engineer
Dubbing studio
DISNEY CHARACTER VOICES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Source : DVD credits
  • Release dates :
    Sweden - February 3, 1941 (1st dubbing) (Cinema)
    This dubbing has been shown in theaters until 1978; and was released on rental video on December 1987.
    Sweden - October 18, 1995 (2nd dubbing) (VHS)
  • While the Aftonbladet's article from 1941 mentions singer Sven-Olof Sandberg for Jiminy Cricket's singing voice in the first dubbing, another article of the same paper from 1987 about the rental VHS mentions singer Gösta Winge for the singing. [If anyone has more information to clarify that, please use the contact section.]
  • Inga Tidblad and Håkan Westergren, respectively the voices of Pinocchio and Lampwick in the first Swedish dubbing, were married in real life.
  • When Pinocchio came out in 1941, the newspaper "Aftonbladet" held a competition about guessing what swedish actors dubbed the film, since the cast was not yet credited.
    39 letters were sent in to the newspaper and Per-Axel Branner, the Dubbing director, went over there himself. Only one woman got the whole cast right and got 75 kr as reward.
    However, according to Per-Axel Branner most people had got almost the whole cast correct except for Pinocchio's voice. Almost everyone thought that Alice Babs was the voice of Pinocchio!
    Source : Aftonbladet [22.04.1941]
1987 Rental VHS cover