2017
TV-Y
13m

Summary Farmer's boy Nils is transformed into a miniature able to talk to animals. He befriends a goose named Martin and they embark on whimsical adventures together. View more details

Animation

2017
TV-Y
13m

Nils Holgersson

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Andrew Francis Travis Turner Kelly Sheridan Nicole Oliver

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Genres : Animation

Release date : Apr 30, 2017

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : Official Site

Language : French

Production companies : Studio 100 Animation AA Studio ARD/ZDF

Summary Farmer's boy Nils is transformed into a miniature able to talk to animals. He befriends a goose named Martin and they embark on whimsical adventures together. View more details

Animation

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Genres : Animation

Release date : Apr 30, 2017

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : Official Site

Language : French

Production companies : Studio 100 Animation AA Studio ARD/ZDF

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Episode 1 • Apr 30, 2017

La tête dans les nuages

Mischievous but creative farm boy Nils Holgersson is delighted when his parents leave him alone, promising to do a list of chores. The farm animals get restless as he keeps delaying feeding them, absorbed by his flying device model. Neither does he mend the fence, no longer fox-proof. Bumbling with bis toy, he stumbles upon ad semi-accidentally catches an elf, whom he forces to grant him a wish. He chooses flying, but only gets a passive variation: a ride on the back of goose Martin, after being shrunken to mouse size. The goose only agrees after Nils does his chores and the scary fox arrives, so after a test flight they decide to follow a migrating flock of geese, including an eagle believing to be a goose.

Episode 2 • Apr 30, 2017

Devine qui vient diner?

Miniaturized Nils greatly enjoys flying on farm gander Martin's back in the small flock of wild geese. When they land to forage, a fox sees his chance to hunt for savory goose meat, so a grim battle of wits ensues against the crafty rascal, who ultimately wins out.

Episode 3 • May 01, 2017

Les aventuriers des terres du sud

Nils falls, having taunted Martin too often to a looping, but the latter decides on his own to eat shiny red berries, which alas render him sick, spelling a delay too long for the migratory schedule. Wandering off, Nils meets and soon befriends immature elf Lina, who knows a cure. Alas, it's controlled by the evil black elf, who she and her ermine mount Herman are looking for to liberate her father. Nils offers help to search any underground access in the surrounding forest, which Akka refuses but has to anyhow when Nils sneaks off. Nils and Lina take on the black elf and liberate her father, who turns out to be the elf who miniaturized Nils, but now grants him a wish.

Episode 4 • May 01, 2017

Elf Help

Nils gets Martin to try a loop too many, causing him to crash and need days to recover, which would ruin the geese migratory planning. Nils calls a magical marker from elf Lina who promised help any time and comes, but proves so clumsy at healing that she even transforms Martin in a sick frog. She does now a cure: mandrake, but that root is only cultivated in the forest by the black elf, to magnify his dark magic power. Nils takes the elf along to steal it from him, starting a fight a chase during which the roots are wrecked, yet Nils was prepared.

Episode 5 • May 02, 2017

La grosse Gorgo

The flock of geese splits in panic when suddenly attacked by two wild eagles. who chase Martin and Nils who can just seek refuge in a cave, which collapses as the eagles pound its narrow entrance. Nils can just wriggle out and wait for help from the others, who catch up fearfully. Nils trains Gorgo to act as an eagle, nay dress up in fancy feathers as the king of predatory birds. The eagles aren't easily convinced, but Nils comes up with another ploy, pretending and 'proving' to be a powerful elf.

Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969

The Star Stone

When a tiny magical meteorite falls into the forest, both Nils's elf friend Lia and the black elf sense it and realize it's a star stone, which can enhance the finder's elf power enormously, so race for it. Nils is first on Martin, but the black elf manages to capture them and has them guarded in a cage by his raven. To escape, Nils must convince the 'hench-beast' he's mistreated by his ingrate master, hence owes him no loyalty, demonstrating his own true friendship with Martin.

Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969

The Tornado

A storm is approaching rapidly and the geese must interrupt their migration to take shelter. However, all the natural shelters were destroyed in the last storm. Only the ruins of a cabin are left. So, should they continue their flight or try to rebuild the cabin?

Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969

The Leader's Wings

Thanks to a misunderstanding, a little manipulated by Nils, Gorgo gives his position as second in command to... Martin. At first, Nils finds this great. He can ask Martin for anything he wants because it is now he who gives the orders.

Episode 9 • Dec 31, 1969

The Challenge

In order to recover a piece of magic crystal, the Black Elf challenges the geese to a race. Martin will be their champion but without Nils as Akka has punished him for flying through a thunderstorm. Martin is losing to Krobak as the Black Elf cheats to make his champion win and Nils tries everything to make Akka change her mind...

Episode 10 • Dec 31, 1969

Big Fat Gorgo

Following a remark by Nils, Gorgo is worried about his 'special' physique. Has he discovered that he is not a goose? No, he just thinks he is too fat compared to the rest of the flock. Still sure that he is a goose but now full of complexes, the eagle loses his self-confidence.

Episode 11 • Dec 31, 1969

Too Small

Because of Nils, Martin and Pretty Wing freeze their wings and find themselves stuck in a crevasse. Nils feels too small to help them but, thanks to Akka, he will discover that his size does not matter and that his human knowledge can be very useful.

Episode 12 • Dec 31, 1969

Two of a Kind

Nils persuades Martin to impress Soft Feather by doing an aerobatics demonstration. Unfortunately, Soft Feather and the rest of the flock are not impressed by Martin but more by Nils. Martin is angry, he did the aerobatics, Nils just told him what to do.

Episode 13 • Dec 31, 1969

The Gingerbread House

Spotting a farm, Nils convinces Martin to sneakily stop there, so he can steal some gingerbread. When the farmer arrives, angry, they hide in a barn, where a she-goose showers Martin with presents and attention. As Nils soon suspects, she has a secret agenda: the fan she uses is made of tail fathers from her predecessors, which the farmer slaughtered, so she hopes Martin will take her place. They help her escape.

Episode 14 • Dec 31, 1969

The Hero

Nils, helped by Martin, saves Akka from a great danger. Nils, unintentionally, gets all the praise for this and Martin becomes jealous. Wanting to be treated as a hero too, the gander leaves the flock, looking for an exploit to perform - whatever the danger... Can Nils open his eyes and find him in time?

Episode 15 • Dec 31, 1969

Dizzy Dive

The flock is hungry and exhausted from a long flight over sea, doubting if they suffer from fata morgana when spotting a goose aboard a boat filled with cookies. A storm makes them seek shelter on an island where the cookie boat seems to have entered a cliff cave, but Akka forbids entering it, claiming it's too dangerous. He childhood buddy Freya is there, and tells Nils about their reckless days, when Akka championed a daring diver flight just there. As Akka refuses to try again, claiming she's too old and the others too inexperienced, Nils convinces Martin to learn the dazzling trick from Freya and try it themselves, finding the cookie treasure.

Episode 16 • Dec 31, 1969

The Stowaway Stork

Nils, on Gorgo's back, manages to fly behind a waterfall. Excited by the exploit, they fly and see a group of migrating storks in the distance. Unfortunately, spotting the eagle, a young stork is scared and falls. Our heroes feel responsible for this; they dive and catch her. Now they must use cunning to hide the little stork from Akka and find some incredible ruses to return her to her family.

Episode 17 • Dec 31, 1969

A Helping Paw

Episode 18 • Dec 31, 1969

Martin's Nightmare

Martin has a nightmare but it is so real that he is sure something bad is going to happen to the flock. Nils thinks that this is just a result of Martin's none too brave nature and decides not to tell the others about the dream. However, everything happens exactly as in Martin's nightmare and our heroes find themselves in a very dangerous situation, shut in a barn with a totally crazy dog...

Episode 19 • Dec 31, 1969

Double Personality

The Black Elf has stolen Roxor the elf's glove which allows him to control lightning. Lina asks Nils to help her recover the precious object. However, when they arrive at the Black Elf's lair, the villain has accidentally directed the lightning at himself and has now split into two distinct persons. They must quickly find a solution to merge the two Black Elves back into one person again.

Episode 20 • Dec 31, 1969

A Child's Play

Nils and Martin are used as targets by Lars, a little devil of a 10 year-old boy who fires at them with his slingshot. The horrible child wants to use them to attract the whole flock in order to take their feathers - something that Nils too would have liked too before he was shrunk. However, Nils has totally changed and now wants to protect his new friends from this 'evil double'...

Episode 21 • Dec 31, 1969

The Ice Garden

The flock of geese is flying over a glacial region, looking for food, when they find themselves in the middle of erupting geysers. Gorgo, Nils and Martin are separated from the rest of the group and discover a patch of green land covered in fruit and vegetables. Nils comes up with a scheme for slipping between the geysers but it does not work exactly as planned...

Episode 22 • Dec 31, 1969

The Propeller

Wham! Nils knocks an abandoned bees nest off a tree with his propeller. He tries to find the propeller afterwards but cannot. The reason for this is that Krobak has stolen it for his master who needs the propeller to knock down the Gem of Destiny.

Episode 23 • Dec 31, 1969

Some Like it Smokey

As they are on their way to join the flock again, Nils and Martin are caught by a group of warlike crows who have come to join the Black Elf.

Episode 24 • Dec 31, 1969

An Eye for an Eye... A Beak for a Beak

Smirre attacks the geese once again and once again, our heroes just manage to escape but not after a bit more adventure...

Episode 25 • Dec 31, 1969

Dear Burden

Athanor takes Lina on a mission to the heart of the Black Elf's lair. Martin and Nils arrive but Athanor does not want the two unpredictable heroes to take part. Will they be able to successfully complete the mission?

Episode 26 • Dec 31, 1969

Solo Flight

Nils is frustrated in his desire to do aerobatics by Martin's fears and Akka's warnings. He is fuming with impatience when he sees A LITTLE FLYING SQUIRREL gliding from branch to branch. Nils thinks that if he could fly alone, he would no longer need Martin and the geese. The boy sets off to follow the squirrel. Unfortunately, the wind soon proves to be a danger leaving Nils in trouble...

Episode 27 • Dec 31, 1969

The Wolverine

There are monsters around here!... Nils discovers that the monster is, in fact, Giulio a harmless and toothless old wolverine. However, the animal has a bad reputation and Akka categorically refuses to have this fearsome predator in the camp. But Nils refuses to listen, he trusts his new friend - who helps him to save Pretty Wing and Golden Eye from a she-wolf.

Episode 28 • Dec 31, 1969

Sola's Light

Nils is charmed by Sola, Lina's cousin, a timid young elf whose power over light comes from a magical object that the Black Elf would very much like to get his hands on. As she flees from the villain, Sola loses her light-wand and her strength. Nils promises to find it before the Black Elf but he will have to show perseverance, something he tends to abandon when the going gets tough.

Episode 29 • Dec 31, 1969

Big and Strong Like Gorgo

Gorgo does not see a tree and flies straight into it, losing his memory in the accident. This is a catastrophe for the geese but a miracle for Nils who finally has the chance to explain to Gorgo that he is not a goose but a powerful, majestic eagle...

Episode 30 • Dec 31, 1969

One More Mile

Nils reproaches Akka again for her 'teacherish' attitude when the flock is fired on by hunters and must do an emergency landing in a forest to continue on foot. Akka knows there is a way out not far away... a short flight but a long way on foot. With the hunters still around, the flock has no choice but to walk...

Episode 31 • Dec 31, 1969

Out of Blue

The flock welcomes Tristan, a domestic gander who saves them from a she-wolf. His intentions may be good but Tristan soon shows himself to be totally reckless and soon unwittingly leads the flock to Smirre the fox who challenges the gander to a duel. However, there is no question of sending Tristan against the fox, they need someone experienced who knows Smirre. Who will the gang choose...

Episode 32 • Dec 31, 1969

Look Before You Leap

Episode 33 • Dec 31, 1969

Squeek

Nils and Gorgo, on guard duty, find a bag full of biscuits but a lemming appears and steals it.

Episode 34 • Dec 31, 1969

Not Guilty

Martin has unfairly accused Golden Eye of stealing his hat, then he accuses Nils of eating all the berries they collected together. Nils and Golden Eye decide to play a trick on the gander with a fake lucky charm to show him what it is like to be unfairly accused...

Episode 35 • Dec 31, 1969

The Exile

Nils dreams of going to see a solar eclipse and, so that the flock will take off to watch it, he lures Smirre the fox into their camp. The plan goes wrong and Nils finds himself expelled from the flock for having put the geese in danger. Nils has problems in the countryside where everything seems enormous, that is until he meets a squirrel...

Episode 36 • Dec 31, 1969

Lost

The geese, after a long flight, come up against a thunderstorm. Their leader, Akka, exhausted by her age and the events, nearly leads them into a cliff face. She manages to pull out in time but, her confidence destroyed, now announces that she is going to retire as the geese have enough experience to migrate without her.

Episode 37 • Dec 31, 1969

Treasure Hunt

While the flock is taking a break on a Scandinavian island, Nils discovers a map in a bottle which shows the hiding place of Ulrik the Green's treasure. As Martin is busy fishing, Nils persuades Gorgo to go with him. they discover the treasure at the bottom of a well. A final trap starts to close on Gorgo and Nils begs him to drop the treasure - his friend's life is much more important.

Episode 38 • Dec 31, 1969

The Exam

Akka decides to make Nils, Martin and Gorgo take an exam on general (goose) knowledge. If they pass, they will be full members of the flock. To show them how it is done, Akka again takes the exam that she so brilliantly passed in her youth. She teams up with Martin while Nils is saddled with Gorgo as a team-mate. While Akka stresses out Martin, Nils motivates Gorgo and they start to take the lead...

Episode 39 • Dec 31, 1969

The Promise

Nils has promised to take a beaver to an island where he can live safely. However, the beaver is a 'know-it-all' and quickly infuriates the rest of the flock. The geese go on migration strike until the beaver leaves but Nils is determined to keep his promise...

Episode 40 • Dec 31, 1969

Ask the Pebble

While they are searching for food for the flock, Nils and Gorgo discover a hidden store of food and wonder whether they should take it or not. In order to decide, Nils flips a pebble and chance decides that they can take the food. Will this end well for the gang...

Episode 41 • Dec 31, 1969

The Werebat

Gorgo and Akka - isolated far from the flock - witness an aurora borealis which scares Gorgo. Akka tells him that during this phenomenon, transformations can happen. Then, unseen by Gorgo, the old goose falls headfirst into a crevasse. Gorgo finds himself alone with a bat who was passing by and is sure that it is Akka, now transformed into a 'Werebat'.

Episode 42 • Dec 31, 1969

A Strange Night Owl

The flock is trying to have a well-deserved rest when they are kept awake by a partying bat called Reggie. He is a strange night-owl who spends his time partying here and there, boasting about his previous parties, relaxing when everyone else is working and eating at every table. Nils is fascinated by Reggie's cheek and personality and insists that he travel with the group.

Episode 43 • Dec 31, 1969

Paradise for Nearly All

Our heroes have landed on an island paradise where Soft Feather and her sisters talk of nothing but handsome ganders....

Episode 44 • Dec 31, 1969

Hanted Forest

The wild geese are flying quickly, fleeing a thunderstorm, when Nils spots a small forest, an ideal place to rest. Akka refuses, saying the Big Bogeybeast, an evil spirit, lives in that forest and makes every bird disappear on the night of the full moon - and it is full moon tonight...

Episode 45 • Dec 31, 1969

Fear of Heights

As the flock flies over the territory of Hawkeye, an eagle feared throughout the region, Nils is having a great time doing aerobatics with Martin. But the last stunt does not go well and Nils has a terrible fall which is only broken by some trees as he drops through them. Will Nils be okay?

Episode 46 • Dec 31, 1969

Party Animals

The elves are about to hold their annual celebration, a very important occasion where only elves are allowed. One elf is excluded, the Black Elf, and it is vital that he does not know where the ceremony is to take place...

Episode 47 • Dec 31, 1969

Home Sweet Home

The geese land on a island, delighted to find a grand home built from branches, so tired all but Aka want to stay there indefinitely instead of migrating south. But it belongs to a troop of beavers, who refuse to give it up, so both parties keep stealing 'timber' from each-other. When a storm passes, an unprotected beaver is dragged into the air, the troop flies to his rescue.

Episode 48 • Dec 31, 1969

The Cosy Nest

As the geese land to relaxing on a charming island that Akka loves, she's appalled to find it's spoiled by dumped rubbish, so puts everyone on cleaning chores.Nils wanders off and his boomerang propeller ricochets and hits the branch of a tree. The oak has a protector, elf Morlo, who blames Nils, as representative of humanity, for all the pollution, and orders him to clean the countless leaves. That proves impossible, but Nils finds out whole branches are dying because of spilled petroleum. He gets the flock to help him fix the leaking barrels, so the trees can recover.

Episode 49 • Dec 31, 1969

Much Cackling About Nothing

It is the mating season. Pretty Wing and Golden Eye only have eyes for ganders and forget about their chores with the flock...

Episode 50 • Dec 31, 1969

A Matter of Taste

As they are flying, the geese hear a call for help. They land in a field, ready to help when they discover that the call came from none other than... Krobak, the Black Elf's henchman. What will the gang do?

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