The Sword in the Stone / Danish cast

Da kongen var knægt (1964)
then known as Sværdet i Stenen

The Sword in the Stone

Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt

(February 22, 1906 - July 9, 1982)

Ove Sprogøe

(December 21, 1919 - September 14, 2004)

Karl Stegger

(January 11, 1913 - April 13, 1980)

Cast :

Danish name

Original name

Voices

Prås/Arthur

Wart/Arthur

Ole Agersnap (speaking & singing?)

Merlin

Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt (speaking & singing?)

Uglen Archimedes

Archimedes

Ove Sprogøe

Sir Hector

Sir Ector

Karl Stegger (speaking & singing?)

Kay

Sir Kay

Morten Grunwald

Madam Mim

Marguerite Viby (speaking & singing?)

Sir Pelinore

Sir Pellinore

Christian Arhoff (speaking & singing?)

Kokkepigen

Scullery Maid

Jessie Rindom

Black Bart

Fortæller

Narrator

Poul Reichhardt

Additional voices

...

Songs

« ? » (« The Legend of the Sword in the Stone »)

performed by : Poul Bundgaard (The Minstrel)

« Higitus Figitus »

performed by : Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt (?) (Merlin)

« Alting drejer jorden rundt » (« That's What Makes the World Go Round »)

performed by : Ole Agersnap (?) (Wart/Arthur) ; Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt (?) (Merlin)

« Alting drejer jorden rundt (Reprise) » (« That's What Makes the World Go Round (Reprise) »)

performed by : Ole Agersnap (?) (Wart/Arthur)

« Det er det mest... » (« A Most Befuddling Thing »)

performed by : Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt (?) (Merlin)

« Den mægtigste heks Madam Mim » (« The Marvelous Mad Madame Mim »)

performed by : Marguerite Viby (?) (Madam Mim)

« ? » (« Blue Oak Tree »)

performed by : Karl Stegger (?) (Sir Ector) ; Christian Arhoff (?) (Sir Pellinore)

« ? » (« Long Live the King »)

performed by : Choir

Technical Staff

Nicolai Lichtenberg
?
Nicolai Lichtenberg
Victor Skaarup
E. Stefansen (?)
K. Stefansen (?)
A/S Nordisk Kortfilm

Dubbing director
Musical director
Translator
Lyricist
Lyricist
Lyricist
Dubbing studio

Sources : Souvenir Program / 1976 LP (Song's titles) / B.T. [05.12.1964] (Translator) / BibliotekDK (Lyricists)

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Release date :
Denmark - December 26, 1964
The movie was originally titled in Danish "Da kongen var knægt" for its cinema releases; then was re-titled "Sværdet i Stenen" for the VHS and its following home media releases.
The Danish recording sessions took 45 days to be completed.
Source : Newspaper "B.T." 12.05,1964