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1915. There have now been three years since the mother of little Katri Ukomeni left for Germany. With Finland still being under Russian domination, nobody has had any news since war broke out, and no one knows when she'll finally be able to see her daughter again, who is now living with her grand parents. But time has become hard for them: the harvest was poor and with their only cow having been killed by a bear they now have huge financial problems. Katri wants to help them and decides to work as a cattle girl in a farm of a neighbour village. For the 9 year old little girl, this experience will be like discovering the world.
Katri in France
The series hasn't been very often on the air in France: it arrived on La 5, where it was broadcasted twice. Maybe it was also shown on TF1. Its latest broadcasts took place on July 97 and 99, in early 2000 and in 2001, but it was on a satellite channel (AB cartoon/Manga). The French version has no opening song, but just a 40 second long introduction piece of music.
The French audience hasn't quite appreciated the bucolic atmosphere of Katri, Girl of the meadow, and I'm afraid we'll have to wait quiet a long before it is shown on an important channel again
Katri in Germany
The series has been broadcasted on two channels: RTL2 (lately on spring 2000 and September-October 2001) and TM3 (last time from January to March 98). Like Sara and Pollyanna, it has no opening song, but a little jingle of a few seconds.
Katri in Italy
The series was last shown on Italia 1 during the Summer 1999. The Italians then changed its titles into "Le avventure della dolce Katy." The Italian version has kept the original opening and closing, but replaced the Japanese songs by a new one interpreted by Cristina D'Avena.
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