Elias: The Little Rescue Boat

Elias: The Little Rescue Boat (Norwegian: Den lille redningsskøyta Elias) is a children's book published in Norway in 1999. It was later adapted into an animated television show and two movies.

The first film was released in 2007 titled "Elias og kongeskipet" ("Elias & The Royal Yacht"), and the second in 2010, "Elias og jakten på havets gull" ("Elias & The Treasure Of The Sea").[1]

The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue has adopted Elias as their mascot.[2]

Television series

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Elias: The Little Rescue Boat
Based onElias: The Little Rescue Boat
by Alf Knutsen
Directed byEspen Fyksen
StarringJoakim Gunby
Esben Selvig
Country of originNorway
No. of episodes39
Production
ProducerJohn M. Jacobsen

The television show originally ran from 2005 to 2008. 39 episodes of the children's show have aired with a further 52 episodes broadcast on NRK Super starting in 2014.[3]

Plot

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The book and the animations all revolve around a cast of anthropomorphic items such as cars, boats, and houses.

Episodes

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Season 1 (2005)

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List of Elias: The Little Rescue Boat Episodes
Welcome to Cozy Cove
Big Blinky
Moustache Wax
Cruiser
Trawler In Trouble
Trawler At The Shipyard
Swifty Comes To Cozy Cove
The Fog
Smacky and The Seagull
Big Blinky Gets a New Lamp
Cruiser's Test Run
The Race
Smacky At The Fog
The Cozy Worm
Night Shift
Seagull’s Nasty Surprise
Sunday
The Squeeze
Goliath to the Rescue
Stuck
Swifty's Job
Engine Trouble
Cruiser At The Wind
The Storm
Trawler at Sea
Elias' Big Day

Season 2 (2008)

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Fishing Competition
Garbage in Cozy Cove
Where is Elias?
Suverina The Supply Boat
Cruiser's Harbour Party
The Story of Deep Sea Cave
Ghost Boat
Elias and Little Blinky
Bottle Post
Sinus' Magic Medicine
Gunpowder has Powder
Crisis in Cozy Cove
Maybe The Royal Yacht Will Come?

Season 3 (2017)

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Trolley's New Wheels
Swifty the Mermaid
The Windeville Giant
Don't Go There
Who Took All The Fish?
Echo Cave Adventure
Monster of the Deep
Princess Wises Up
Cruiser's Big Mistake
Old Parts
The Pretend Pirate
Bling Thing
Trolley's Day Out
Buoys Ahoy
Elias' Barnacles
The Big Sleep
Looking For Trouble
Engine Trouble
Hero Cruiser
Ship Wreck!
I Spy With My Little Eye
Rocky's Rescue
The Longest Play on the Longest Day
Alive-Alive-Oh!
Quite Eggstraordinary

Unknown episodes

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Unknown episodes
Flessenpost = Flaskeposten
Het magische medicijn = Sinus Magiske Medisin
Kapitein kruit
Crisis in Thuishaven = Krise i Lunvik

2007 film

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Elias and the Royal Yacht
Directed byEspen Fyksen
Lise I. Osvoll
Written byEspen Fyksen
Øyvind Rune Stålen
StarringAleksander Emil Dyrberg Ek
Marit Andreassen
Per Christian Ellefsen
Svein Tindberg
Klara Døving
Ane Dahl Torp
Nils Ole Oftebro
Terje Strømdahl
Release date
  • 23 February 2007 (2007-02-23)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Elias and the Royal Yacht (Norwegian: Elias og kongeskipet) was released in 2007 and directed by Espen Fyksen and Lise I. Osvoll. This film featured the voices of, among others, Per Christian Ellefsen and Ane Dahl Torp.

2010 film

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Elias and the Treasure of the Sea
Directed byLise I. Osvoll
Written byEspen Fyksen
Øyvind Rune Stålen
StarringYngve E. Marcussen
Sidney L. Lange
Esben Selvig
Cecilie Mosli
Atle Antonsen
Fredrik Steen
Rigmor Galtung
Even Stormoen
Elisabeth Moberg
Mikael Aksnes-Pehrson
Marit A. Andreassen
Jostein Sjøhaug
John S. Kristensen
Dennis Storhøi
Release date
  • December 10, 2010 (2010-12-10)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Elias and the Treasure of the Sea (Norwegian: Elias og jakten på havets gull) was released in 2010 and directed by Lise I. Osvoll. This film features the voices of, among others, Atle Antonsen and Dennis Storhøi. In this movie, the little rescue boat Elias and all his friends are looking forward to the annual fishing season, but industrial fishing vessels are threatening to destroy the livelihood of the entire village.

References

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  1. ^ Pham, Annika (14 December 2010). "Elias the rescue boat surfs to top of the charts - Cineuropa". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Elias - The Little Rescue Boat - TV Series - Film". SF International. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  3. ^ "'Elias' set to rescue the world : Views and News from Norway". 31 December 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
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