En rejse til månen
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
En rejse til månen (Journey to the Moon) is a 1973 Danish stop motion animated short film created by Lars C. and Henrik Hassing. Primarily consisting of Lego elements, it is considered to be the earliest known amateur brickfilm.
Plot
After the introduction, the film opens with a large Lego city layout with different structures and vehicles. A bus drives to a space base, where a group of astronauts board a rocket which takes off. The crew arrives on the moon by a lunar lander. After traversing the moon's landscape, they then return to and take a second voyage into space. After arriving back on Earth and completing their mission, they return to land by ship.
Production
The film, generally considered the be the first known amateur Lego animation, was created by Lars C. Hassing and Henrik Hassing, who were 12 and 10 years old at the time, respectively, for their grandparents' wedding anniversary.[1] It does not have any sound, and was filmed using a borrowed Super 8 camera. Since minifigures had yet to be produced during this period, existing Lego elements were used to represent characters in the film. Painted landscapes seen in the film were custom creations.[1][2][3]
After hearing from them about the production of the short film, Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, The Lego Group's owner at the time, rewarded them with a personal tour of Lego's factory and gave them free copies of sets. He also had additional copies of the film made.[4]
The short film was not released publicly until May 2013, when it was uploaded to YouTube, forty years after it was created.[1][5]
See also
- The Magic Portal, another well-known early brickfilm
References
- ^ a b c Haglund, David (2014-02-07). "The Oldest Known LEGO Movie". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ Vox (2017-06-15). How fan films shaped The Lego Movie. Retrieved 2026-02-12 – via YouTube.
- ^ Hassing, Lars C. "About "En rejse til månen" ("Journey to the Moon") by Lars C. Hassing". hassings.dk. Archived from the original on 2025-09-28. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
- ^ Lars C. Hassing (2013-05-15). En rejse til månen (Journey to the Moon). Retrieved 2026-02-12 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Micro moviemaking: brick films through the ages". www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved 2026-02-12.