This German-made compilation film was intended to be the ultimate film version of the Swedish Pippi Longstocking (1969) TV series (as it includes most of the series' key moments), but due to its phenomenal success at the West German box-office, and news of an original theatrical feature film (Pippi in the South Seas (1970)) about to go into production in Sweden, Beta Film (the German co-producers of the Swedish TV series/movies, and the makers of this compilation film) quickly went to work on a second theatrical compilation film (Pippi Goes on Board (1969)) a few months later to cash in on the rising Pippi-Mania.
Pippi Longstocking's horse is a Knappstrupper.
This film was released to German theaters a mere 6 days after the TV series had finished its original run in Sweden. But audiences in Germany got a better deal: They were the first ones to see it in color! The color-produced TV series had been broadcast in black & white (as Sweden did not broadcast color television until a year later).
This film is a West German-produced theatrical compilation film of the 1969 Swedish TV series Pippi Longstocking (1969). See its Trivia section for more information on the TV series itself.
This compilation film actually originated from West Germany (which co-produced the original TV series), and not the United States, as is commonly believed. (See also Pippi Goes on Board (1969).) This film has not been presented in Sweden, where the TV series was produced.