Captain Grogg at the North Pole
About Captain Grogg at the North Pole
On the way to the North Pole, Captain Grogg and Kalle freeze into the ice. A polar bear chases them. Grogg's flask of brandy puts the bear under, and the three make friends. Back in Sweden, Grogg lectures on the Pole. Sven Hedin thanks him afterward.
Cast & crew
More about Captain Grogg at the North Pole
Victor Bergdahl animated Kapten Grogg vid Nordpolen, the fifth Grogg cartoon, for Svenska Biografteatern. The censor passed 220 meters on 18 October 1917, number 18506, all ages, 11 minutes at 18 frames a second. It opened on 22 October 1917 at Röda Kvarn, supporting The Social Secretary (Maskinskriverskans memoarer), and the same day at the Regina, supporting The Dividend (Inom år och dag).
Themes
Making
Bergdahl's gag is the pocket flask, which the captain has on him as usual. The polar trip ends in a lecture hall, with the explorer Sven Hedin drawn in to applaud.
Reviews
Svenska Dagbladet's opening notice praised the bear episode and the whisky bottle, and reported that the Röda Kvarn house found it irresistible.
Notes
- Svenska Dagbladet said the Röda Kvarn audience laughed without measure at Kalle and the captain getting a polar bear tame with Grogg's whisky.
- It follows När Kapten Grogg skulle porträtteras and comes before Kapten Grogg gifter sig (1918).
- Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå distributed it.
Scenes
- The bear runs Grogg and Kalle across the ice.
- Grogg's flask knocks the bear out, and they leave as friends.
- In Sweden, Hedin thanks Grogg after the lecture.
