The children of Saltkråkan Island take a public ferry to visit a relative only to find that she has went to hospital.
When they try to row back home they lose the oars and must take refuge on a desolate island. The children are great in their actings, especially the little girl who plays Skrållan. This film truly is a children´s movie in its best! She does it innocently and without any harm.

Men sedan tar hon henne tillbaka och drar till skogen för att överlämna henne till trollen - där tycker Stina att hon hör hemma.
Plötsligt är Skrållan försvunnen, och då blir det fart på morfar Melker, på Tjorven och Pelle och på Båtsman. Even for those who have absolutely no childhood connection at all to this little film, it can bring bright childhood memories, as it deals with a type of childhood that doesn't exist anymore.
This story takes place in a small community, apparently an island, in a rural area next to the water.
It is based on an Astrid Lindgrens book and it tells about an island called Saltkråkan, the people and expecially the kids who live there. Det visar sig snabbt vara ett vilt barn, vilket inte minst morfar Melker får veta av, när han försöker ägna sig åt praktisk barnavård. Read allThe children of Saltkråkan Island take a public ferry to visit a relative only to find that she has went to hospital.
In her childish world, what she does is fun. Skrållan is so utterly cute and adorable, truly a sweetie yet simultaneously a minor troublemaker. I had not seen it in many years, but watching it made so many colorful childhood memories come up that I couldn´t stop smiling. Först säljer hon henne till fiskaren Vesterman för 25 öre.
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Like most Swedish films I saw so far, this one is very nicely filmed, with lovely cinematography, good actors and a harmless plot, but still it lacks something.