"Well, so here's how Roland Grönros looked 30 years ago, in the role of Villervalle in the South Pacific." "This evening and 12 Saturday nights to come, we will see again this Swedish TV series from 1963." "Arne Weise met the show's director Torgny Anderberg." "Well, what wonderful shells." "Where does one find things like that?" "They can be found down in the South Pacific." "I picked them up on the reefs of the Raroia atoll." "Where you spent quite a long time filming." "Yes, we were on Raroia for 8 months and filmed Villervalle in the South Pacific." "And now in a moment we'll see the first part of Villervalle in the South Pacific again, the first episode of 13." "And one might ask:" "how did you get the idea to film Villervalle in the South Pacific?" "Well, as a child, as a boy, I had one of my first experiences of the South Pacific, when I saw a film called "White Shadows in the South Seas."" "It was the first film, feature film, which I'd ever seen." "I was so in love with the South Seas girl who played the leading role in the film." "And surely everyone has dreamt about the South Seas." "So then I read Bengt Danielsson's book, "Villervalle in the South Pacific"." "It sounded very interesting and exciting to make a TV series on it." "Once you got there, was the dream as you had imagined it?" "Yes, it was indeed." "I must say that Tahiti at that time was still untouched, and when we got to Raroia, it was a little island paradise." "That was over 30 years ago." "In 1991, you were there again." "Last time, it took a month to get there by boat." "Now it only takes a day by plane." "Was Tahiti the same as 30 years ago?" "Unfortunately it wasn't, Arne." "It was almost a shock to come back to Tahiti after 30 years." "When we reached Papeete, the main city, where it was so idyllic there." "There were very few cars there, small low houses." "A really quiet little town." "Now when I got there, there was 60,000 cars in Tahiti." "High-rise buildings and it can be said a big city." "It was rather a shock." "And then they live under constant threats from nuclear experiments." "Yes, that's why all the cars and the increase in population has become so huge." "Because 30,000 servicemen have come to Papeete and Tahiti." "It's due to them that these nuclear bomb tests happen out on Moruroa Atoll." "It's disgraceful, really, that they still continue." "It's a shame that it has been allowed to continue for so many years, and there have been so few protests, especially from Europe, the French have been poisoning the entire South Pacific." " Has it affected Raroia as well?" " Yes of course." "First of all, during the first few blasts, everyone had to leave the island." "And several other islands have seen hard times during these nuclear bomb tests." "But they're back now?" "Now comes the new generation." "Who have begun to return... and they want to settle down with their parents and grandparents." "They moved to Tahiti where they were promised jobs." "Today they're living in slums." "And there are no jobs for them anymore." "But the new generation wants to return to their origins." "But if we then return to 1961, with this team and all those wonderful people there, which you have told me about, how could you work, we shall of course be seeing now, but wasn't it hard considering what a paradise it was?" "Well, of course it was there." "People lived day to day, no organized working hours, they were in no hurry to get up early in the mornings, and above all, they wanted to have a proper siesta at midday." "I don't know of any evening that they didn't play and sing long into the night." "You, considering what's happened in the last 30 years, would you like to return to Raroia?" "It's my dream and I'm recorded as a citizen on Raroia." "I've got a name, it's Honekoa, it means powerful chief, and then I received this chiefs insignia." "So I intend to return as headman to Raroia." "And we'll also return, because now it's time for the first episode... of Villervalle in the South Pacific." "Swedish Radio presents" "Villervalle in the South Pacific" "Family Council" "Boo!" "I'm not surprised everyone calls you Villervalle, for there's always a huge amount of confusion up there." "Don't try and get smart, kid." "Vilhelm and Valdemar are my first names, so that's why they call me Villervalle." "It's no more surprising than that they call you Nisse Nasse." "Villervalle, where does that "r" in the middle come from, then?" "It's for the sake of harmony, dummy." "Ah, don't talk crap." "Hey, do you want to play?" "Well then guys, may I join in and play football?" "Sure, sir." "I haven't done it since I was your age." "Goal!" "Him there, he can't have been much of a player." "Ah, he's probably just out of shape." "Look, exactly what we want for Friday." "Friday?" "It's Thursday." "How stupid you are." "Have you already forgotten that you'll play the role of Friday in our new play?" "I have been stupid, like Robinson Crusoe." "Come on, let's go aboard!" "It's exactly right." "We'll raise the sail and have the flood lights on the quay." "It's a very good open-air theater." "Yes, spectators can sit on benches which we can borrow somewhere." "But don't you think someone owns the boat." "Most things usually belong to someone." "Oh, not this old boat." "Worn out ships like this, are simply left to rot to pieces." "It's much cheaper than to chop them up." "Friday, run home as fast as you can." "Bring as many guns and pistols as you can." "Gunpowder, we must have." "We must try to rescue the prisoners from the bandits." "Just run!" "Hey there!" "What are you doing here, rascals?" "We're rehearsing a play, please, constable." "Don't come here and talk about your play!" "Get off the boat immediately." "For it's not yours, I think, right?" " No." " So, Hurry up, hurry up." "Come on, quick, quick." "I'm going to be lenient and let you off this time." "If you run fast." "Off with you!" "If it's like this at rehearsals I decline the honour of participating." "If you don't want to be Friday, there's plenty of people who'll take your place." "Do you think the time is already five to six." "There are 3 clocks in this window, I've counted them." "And all show five to six." "So what do you think?" "Then I must be off, as I don't want to miss dinner, especially today, when we have family council." "Family council?" "What's that?" " You don't know what family council is?" " No." "Well, you see, every time an important decision is to be made at home with us, we sit down at the large dining table." "My dad, my mom, my sister and me." "Any person may submit their proposals." "We live in a democratic country, right?" "You're lucky, you are." "My dad commands like a general." "The only thing my brother and I can say is "yes, Dad" or "no, Dad."" "And sometimes we don't even get to say that." "Give your dad a book called..." ""Psychological guidance for parents." It's superb." "And there are several chapters in it, about how important it is to let the children's personality be allowed to develop freely." "What a Christmas book for Dad." "But he just reads the newspaper and detective stories." "Two... three... four... five... six." "Six!" "Then I have to run." "Bye!" "Goodbye, Krushchev!" "I mean Crusoe of course." "Well, it's strange that Villervalle can never learn to get to meals on time." "Don't think you can avoid drying the dishes, just because you're late for dinner." "What?" "Have you already eaten?" "Is that the time?" "Are you still hungry?" "No, we've had enough, more than enough, especially in waiting for you." "Now we'll have the family council." "As you know, I've always been interested in nutrition problems." "And recently I've actually regretted I left my position at the public health Institute, and opened my own practice." "You know there is hunger and starvation in the world, because people don't have money." " Mmm." "But there are of course in many countries awful deficiency diseases." "It's so stupid, that the inhabitants have the foods they need, but they don't choose those that they need." "They are malnourished, simply." "For example scurvy." "In the past, long distance travellers were more afraid of scurvy than of pirates." "Pirates!" "What was it you said about pirates, Dad?" "Pirates must always be on guard and never slack off." "What does UNESCO mean, Villervalle?" "That's..." "I know now, it's the United Nations Scientific Advisory Board." "And what is its role, Lenalisa?" "It helps underdeveloped countries by sending specialists." "Correct." "And currently, they need a nutrition specialist in the South Pacific, more specifically on a group of islands near Tahiti." "Somewhere near Robinson Crusoe's island." "Are you going to apply for it, Dad?" "Well, apply..." "I've already got it." "I haven't said that you can come." "What?" "Why wouldn't we go along?" "Yes, there is as far as we know no Swedish schools in the South Pacific islands." "So we don't really know what to do with you children." "Mom has previously helped me in my work, so I'd like to have her with me on this expedition." "I presume there isn't a clause in your contract that prohibits Grandmas to participate." "No, there isn't, but I thought that you'd like to stay home considering your age." "My age?" "60 isn't old." "I should also defend you against all the savages and scoundrels." "If you don't take me with you." "I'm the only one in the family who has a rifle." "And I can shoot." "See here." "And I know the South Seas a bit." "I was there with Karl." "He was the captain of the Southern Cross." "I feel sufficiently resilient to throw myself against the sharks and savages." "That's precisely why I'm afraid to take you." "Yes, I see no other way than that I stay at home with the kids." "Yes, unless we're able to board them with Aunt Gerda, of course." "At Aunt Gerda's!" "Not on your life!" "There, you only get soft-boiled eggs and porridge for breakfast." "And sometimes when you go in, you have to put on slippers." "And Oskar, he goes bonkers when you just break a single little vase." "Though there are millions of vases on the floor." "Mom and Dad, have you never heard of the existence of something called correspondence studies." "Anyone can become a member of Parliament or Nobel Prize winner, just by studying a little bit in their free time." "And I just know that we can do so many courses, we can skip a class when we come back." "There's nobody who can help you with your correspondence studies." "Therefore, the only solution is to take me." "Remember that it was me who taught you to read." "I give up." "Hooray for our class mistress!" "Grandma, do we get time off to pack?" "Speaking of packing, I don't want you taking little packages like last holiday." "You should use sturdy suitcases." "And if there's a few small items which won't fit in, you can assume that they're redundant." "Are you there again?" "Dad, we're taking Kvick with us, of course?" " Kvick?" " Yes." "We're going to live among pirates and cannibals, we must have a good guard dog." "Impossible." "Anyway, he's always bitten the wrong people every time he's played guard dog." "Don't worry, Villervalle, Aunt Gerda will be very happy to take care of Kvick." "Now, let's see here." "The boat goes from here, Southampton in a few weeks." "So we won't have long preparation time." "But then we get to rest properly." "We sail across the Atlantic, to Panama, across the Pacific Ocean to Tahiti." "And the journey takes about a month." "Therefore, no small packages, no unnecessary things, no dogs." "Family Council's first South Sea conference is over." "Yeah!" "(Medical Chest)" "Say, you wouldn't happen to have space for these little things?" "You're crazy!" "I don't even have space for my own things." "Maybe I'll have to leave the typewriter and guitar at home." "How stupid you are." "You carry them in your hands, of course." "If you don't wrap them in paper then there'll be no package." "I intend to take my fishing rod under my arm." "Okay." "You may put a few books in my bag." "But no tools." "Don't try putting in any tools." " Hello." "What on earth is the point?" "There are 11 cases instead of 9." "Hello!" "There are two cases too many." "Where, for example did that strange crate come from?" "That's marked "This side up" on all sides." "Might you happen to know where this box came from, Villervalle?" " This box?" " Precisely." "I found it in the basement." "And kvick like he does... he crawled in all by himself." "And so I thought..." "My goodness." "Are you saying that you've sealed Kvick in the box?" "Kvick..." " No!" " Yes." "Release the poor dog." "No, is it really Misse and Mosse?" "Oh yes, if only you knew how many rats there are in the South Pacific." "And Misse and Mosse received first prize in the last cat show in rat catching class." "No dogs and no cats." "It's four months quarantine in Tahiti." "Villervalle and Lenalisa, remove Kvick and the cats." "It's easier for Aunt Gerda to take care of the animals, if they're left in the boxes." "What if I hadn't discovered this menagerie in time." "I think it's best that I examine the rest of your luggage too." "Go and get everything you're intending to take with you." "Everyone." "No, have you already forgotten what I said?" "Yes, yes, yes, but not a single thing more." "What are you doing with all these briefcases?" "5 of them are a little too much, I think." "Briefcases are not cases." "They contain all my papers and valuables." "Such as tobacco, pipes, pipe cleaners..." "The most important thing is to organize everything... in an efficient and rational manner." "Like I said." "Come in!" " Good day, there." " Hello." "Good of you to come." "Yes, all this is going to the station, I understand." "Yes." "Well, it's just the tickets, then." "Yeah." "Tickets, yes." "Sure, yes." "But Ernst, the tickets." " Haven't you seen the tickets?" " But it's you who were looking after them." "Yes, I have them." "I thought I had them in my hand a while ago." "It's extraordinary." "You've searched this one already." "Come on Ernst, calm down now." "Where have you been sitting?" "Where was I?" "Yes, I was sitting over here on the sofa," " On the sofa" " No... yes... no..." "Help me search, then!" " What's the matter?" " Dad can't find the tickets." "Typical." "Where are they?" " Here they are!" " Well done, Mom!" " In the book you just sat and read." " Yes, that's what I did." "Like you said, the most important thing is to... organize everything in an efficient and rational manner." "What's up with the porter now?" "# Yes, may they live, yes, may they live, May they live for a hundred years." "Yes, we came round with some coffee." "Now let's give a round of cheers for the South Sea travelers." "Ready?" "Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!" "Well, you should arrange the queue properly now." " Let's hoist him!" " Heave-ho, heave-ho!" " Now I have to register the bags and boxes." " That's fine." "If you come with me now, then I'll show in which compartment," "I've put the other bags and boxes with the animals." "The animals?" "Well, weren't they supposed to come too?" "They stood among the other cases in the hall." " And now take care of Kvick and the cats." " Don't worry, I'll take care of them." "No, it's not possible to hide them in the toilet." "It's better that aunt Gerda takes care of them." "Bye then, Kvick!" "Goodbye then, byebye!" "Brief... briefcase!" "Like you said, the key is to... organize everything in an efficient and rational manner." "Subtitles by Faxeholm and Squashy Hat"