Up and Away (film)

Up and Away (Danish: Hodja fra Pjort, lit. 'Hodja from Pjort')^[1] is a 2018 Danish animated fantasy adventure film^[5] written and directed by Karsten Kiilerich, based on the children's book of the same name by Danish writer Ole Lund Kirkegaard.^[1][6][7]

Up and Away
Theatrical release poster
Danish	Hodja fra Pjort
Directed by	Karsten Kiilerich
Produced by	Kim Magnusson Tivi Magnusson Anders Mastrup[1]
Edited by	Hans Perk
Music by	Halfdan E Sebastian[2]
Production companies	M&M Productions A. Film Production
Distributed by	Mis. Label United International Pictures
Release date	8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)
Running time	81 minutes[3]
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish
Box office	$1,230,407[4]

Premise

Young boy Hodja lives in the small town of Pjort, but dreams of traveling the world. So – against his father's wishes – Hodja makes a deal with his neighbour that lets him borrow his flying carpet on the condition that Hodja will try to find the man's granddaughter, Diamond.^[8]

Cast

• Thure Lindhardt as Hodja
• Özlem Saglanmak as Smaragd
• Peter Zhelder as Rotten
• Kurt Ravn as El Faza
• Peter Frödin as Sultan
• Raaberg as Mor Birgitte
• Lars Ranthe as Far
• Rebecca Rønde Kiilerich as Perlesten
• Jens Jacob Tychsen as Grumme
• Troells Toya as Salep
• Erik Holmey and Michael Zuckow Mardorf as Vagt
• Vibeke Duehol as the Sultan's favourite wife^[6]

Release

The film was released in Denmark on 2 February 2018, where it received 164,273 admissions in Danish cinemas.^[9] It grossed $1,230,407 worldwide.^[4]