Summary
Wanting to know the ways of people, a pelican turns into a gawky young man who soon learns to speak, thanks to his outstanding talent in imitation.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 62
Letterboxd · 568 ratings3.3/5
Audience score62%
IMDb5.9
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most fantasy movies, −10 min on the typical 100
typical 10090Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2004
December 17, 2004
22 years ago
Genres
FantasyAdventureFamilyLanguage
Finnish
Original language
Made in
- Finland
Sweden
19 of 19
Kari KetonenPelikaanimies- RHRoni HaarakangasEmil
- INInka NuorgamElsa
Jonna JärnefeltTalonrouva
Liisa MustonenEmilin äiti
Tommi RaitolehtoEmilin isä- AVAnu ViheriärantaHelena balleriina
- IKIsmo KallioOvimies
Heikki KinnunenPostimies
Jussi Lampihuoltomies
Kristiina ElsteläArpojen myyjä- SPSeppo PääkkönenEläintarhan vartija
- APAntti PääkkönenEläintarhan vartija
- AKAnu KomsiDiva
Björn AndrésenPianisti
Jorma Uotinenvon Rothbart- KLKatariina LohinivaKahvilan pitäjä
- KSKiureli SammallahtiHaitarinsoittaja
- CHCarl-Johan HäggmanRumpali
Directing · 3
- Liisa Helminen Director, Screenplay
- Marja Pyykkö Assistant Director
- Sanna Östman Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- William Aldridge Screenplay
- Leena Krohn Novel
Production · 4
- Hanna Hemilä Producer
- Lauri Vänskä Location Manager
- Anita Oxburgh Co-Producer
- Sonja Lindén Production Manager
Camera · 4
- Timo Salminen Director of Photography
- Karri Takala Grip
- Mika Ailasmäki Assistant Camera
- Marko Mantere Grip
Editing · 3
- Jukka Nykänen Editor
- Tuomo Hintikka Online Editor
- Marko Terävä Colorist
Sound · 6
- Tuomas Kantelinen Original Music Composer
- Paul Jyrälä Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
- Joonas Jyrälä Boom Operator
- Miia Nevalainen Foley Editor
- Ilkka Väisänen Boom Operator
- Olli Pärnänen Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 3
- Samuli Halla Property Master, Production Design
- Petri Neuvonen Property Master, Production Design
- Jussi Halonen Property Master, Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Marja Uusitalo Costume Design
- Tiina Wilén Costume Design
- Riikka Virtanen Makeup Designer
Lighting · 3
- Olli Varja Gaffer
- Anssi Leino Lighting Technician
- Jari Lehtiniemi Lighting Technician
Other crew · 2
- Juha Pursiainen Stunt Coordinator
- Annina Enckell Dramaturgy
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