Mio in the Land of Faraway

Based On the book by Astrid Lindgren

Mio in the Land of Faraway (Swedish: Mio min Mio; Russian: Мио, мой Мио, romanized: Mio, moy Mio) is a 1987 fantasy film directed by Vladimir Grammatikov, and starring Christopher Lee, Christian Bale, Nicholas Pickard, Timothy Bottoms and Susannah York. Based on the 1954 novel Mio, My Son by Astrid Lindgren, it tells the story of a boy from Stockholm who travels to an otherworldly fantasy realm and frees the land from an evil knight's oppression. Mio in the Land of Faraway was co-produced by companies from Sweden, Norway and the Soviet Union with a budget of about fifty million Swedish kronor, making it the most expensive film adaptation of an Astrid Lindgren book during her lifetime. It featured an international cast consisting largely of British, Russian and Scandinavian actors, while its filming locations included Stockholm, Moscow, Crimea, and Scotland.

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Release date:

July 1, 1987

Director:

Vladimir Grammatikov

Cast:

Nick Pickard, Christian Bale, Christopher Lee, Timothy Bottoms, Susannah York

Genre:

Fantasy, Adventure, Children's

Country:

Sweden, Soviet Union, Norway

Language:

English

Year page:

1987 in adaptations