Pippi Longstocking, Across Nations and Time

Sooner or later, someone’s gonna get it right. (Sorry, Russia. There is nothing blonde about Pippi.) At least we can all feast our eyes on the Miyazaki storyboards that could have been. Now, let’s explore the 20th century’s finest attempts.

United States, 1961

Sweden, 1969

Soviet Union, 1982

United States, 1988

Germany, Sweden, and the United States, 1997