Jannik Hastrup

Jannik Hastrup Trailers

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Jannik Hastrup is a Danish writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator. He is considered "Denmark's grand master of animation", as he is particularly well known for directing, animating and writing several animated films, occasionally with Flemming Quist Møller, including Benny's Bathtub, Dreaming of Paradise, Samson & Sally, War of the Birds, The Monkeys and the Secret Weapon, The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear and A Tale of Two Mozzies. He also directed, wrote and animated a number of shorts following Cirkeline the elf. He also founded his own animation studio called "Dansk Tegnefilm".

Most Popular Jannik Hastrup Trailers

Total trailers found: 37

Take Care.... Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

World Health Organisation associated animation, which highlights the dangers of everyday activities and excess in an abstract manner.

Good Morning Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

Collage-inspired cartoon and trick film about a man who wakes up to a world where everything is sticky: the alarm clock, the telephone, the kettle, etc.

Tango Jalousie Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

An elegant, visual interpretation of Jacob Gade's Tango Jalousie from 1925, which axpresses passionately the drama of jealousy.

Birdland - April in Paris Trailer (1993)

01 March 1993

In 1955 Count Basie and his Orchestra immortalized Vernon Duke's "April in Paris". In this animated short by Danish animation legend Jannik Hastrup an old lady, a cat and two birds in love experience the wonderful and love inducing spring in Paris set to the tones of Vernon Duke's classic jazz piece.

Birdland - Dream a Little Dream of Me Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

»Dream a Little Dream of Me« - a duet between the fat and dangerous cat, sung by Ella Fitzgerald and the bird, sung by Louis Armstong's characteristic, hoarse voice.

Birdland - Over the Rainbow Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

In this second short film in the Birdland series two birds escape and fly away to the rainbow. The story is set to the sound of "Over the Rainbow" played by legendary jazz pianist Art Tatum.

Hans Christian Andersen and the Long Shadow Trailer (1998)

15 January 1998

Hans Christian Andersen, from early age, regards himself as being different. Soon he discovers he has a shadow which takes over and behaves differently from it's master?

Circleen - The escape from America Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Cirkeline, Frederik and little brother are playing trains and travel around the world to America. Here they are met by unrest, police states and a black mouse who is a member of the Black Panthers.

The Revolt of the Thralls Trailer (1979)

08 October 1979

A three part story about the plague, religion and revolt in Northern Europe in the period 1349 to 1542.

The Thralls Trailer (1978)

27 March 1978

A story about the thrall boy Halte who is being sacrificed to the Gods after he tries to kill a rich man.

A Tale of Two Mozzies Trailer (2007)

07 June 2007

Dagmar the dancing mosquito has the hots for Egon. But Egon, putting love on hold, is busy achieving the ultimate sprint on his bike and wants to see the world.

War and Peas Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

A story about the fat king and his people who have plenty of food, while the animals are starving after the drought has set in.

Benny's Bathtub Trailer (1971)

06 March 1971

A boy explores the hidden depths of his bathtub in a grey world dominated by boring adults.

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear Trailer (2002)

18 December 2002

When a boy child is stolen by bears who raise him as their own, his human parents hunt the bears in despair, and the boy is faced with the dilemma of who and what he is.

War of the Birds Trailer (1990)

01 July 1990

Fagin is the bad bird of an otherwise idyllic forest. He assaults the nest of two wrens and destroys all their eggs except one that, when hatched, is adopted by an owl (patterned on W.

Palestine - Denmark, Same Struggle Trailer (1972)

01 October 1972

This film analyzes the economic interests underpinning the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, with a particular focus on the influence of international oil interests in the region.

Animation Has No Borders Trailer (1986)

01 January 1986

A compilation of animated shorts, by 36 animators from 36 countries. Each animator worked independently, but a single theme unites them all: animation has no borders.

Song of the Sea Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Silke just loves water. She loves to bathe and to swim like a fish. As a matter of fact, she only feels fit and well when she is in the water.

Samson & Sally Trailer (1984)

12 October 1984

Samson is a young whale that doesn't have friends. He spends his time listening to his mother's stories about the legendary whale Moby Dick.

The Secret Weapon Trailer (1995)

03 February 1995

When Hector and Elvira, a pair of young monkeys from two opposing families, fall in love, Elvira comes into possession of a secret weapon, war breaks out among the families and only she can choose between power and love.

Circleen - Mice & Romance Trailer (2000)

10 February 2000

Circleen the elf girl and her comical mouse pals, Ingolf and Frederik, live under the geraniums on an artist's balcony.

Concerto Erotica Trailer (1964)

22 November 1964

An animated film about sex -- regarded from a more humorous point of view than usual. (DFI)

Circleen - City Mouse Trailer (1998)

10 December 1998

She's back - the lovable little elf who sleeps in a matchbox on the artist's desk: and of course her playmates, too, the comical mouse couple Fredrik and Ingolf.

Birdland - A Night in Tunisia Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Dizzy Gillespie's brilliant trumpet is making up to nightly mysteries in the gleam of the half-moon where two courting flamingos are dancing while a grumpy parrot wants peace and quiet for his night's sleep.

Dreaming of Paradise Trailer (1987)

20 November 1987

Strit and her friends live in the future where the Earth has become so polluted that they must live underground.

En hjertegribende historie Trailer (1971)

19 February 1971

Cirkeline: Little Big Mouse Trailer (2004)

10 December 2004

Circleen goes on holiday to Turkey with her artist. Her chums Ingolf, Fredrik, and Viktor decide to go to see her, and stow away on board granddad's ship, where they meet another stowaway, the tough, fearless mouse Ali, who has set off into the world in search of happiness.

Cykelmyggens far Trailer (2016)

07 June 2016

A portrait of Flemming Quist Møller's life, both as the man, the musician and the artist. Throughout the narrative, we encounter his work with film, music, theater, plays, satire drawings, book illustrations, paintings, screenwriting; we experience that he, as a communicator and narrator, is always on the side of the weak, working with the simple, straightforward and human.

Revolutionen i vandkanten Trailer (1971)

22 March 1971

Mini and the Mozzies Trailer (2014)

12 June 2014

The mini beetle Mini appears in a flea circus together with Egon and Dagmar. The flea-girl Miranda bullies Mini and tricks him into interfering in Dagmar's line dancing, making her fall and sprain her foot.

The Thralls' Children Trailer (1980)

14 October 1980

The last of three animated films about the history of the exploited underclass in the Nordic countries through the ages.

Cirkeline & the Invisible Artist Trailer (2025)

22 March 2025

Everyone knows the animated heroine Cirkeline and her mousy friends Ingolf and Frederik. For generations they have been enjoyed by children and their parents.

Circleen, Coco and the Wild Rhinoceros Trailer (2018)

01 March 2018

Cirkeline finds a bestie with the airs of a princess, and Ingolf meets a rhinoceros who's fed up with always being the little one.

Cirkeline - De Go'e Gamle Trailer (2008)

21 October 2008

Hanne Hastrup created Cirkeline and her universe. She also drew everything, while Jannik Hastrup animated and produced it.

ABC - Spelling Africa Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Africa-related animals and things are spelled and illustrated with Bent Barfod's wonderful animations.

The Further Adventures of the Ugly Duckling Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

What happened to the ugly duckling after the fairytale ended? In this animated short you will get the answer.

Toppen og bolden Trailer (1969)

13 October 1969