在这部尼尔斯骑鹅旅行记家庭/奇幻/冒险片中,《尼尔斯骑鹅旅行记》讲一个不爱学习、喜欢恶作剧的顽皮孩子尼尔斯，因为一次捉弄了一只精灵，而被精灵用魔法变成了一个跟老鼠差不多大的小人。他骑在他家的大白鹅背上，跟着一群大雁出发作长途旅行。通过这次奇异的旅行，尼尔斯增长了很多见识，结识了许多朋友，也碰到过好几个凶恶阴险的敌人。他在种种困难和危险中受到了锻炼，最后尼尔斯回到了家中，恢复原形，变成了一个好孩子。
Thirteen year-old Nils Holgersson is bored dwelling on a farm with his parents. Instead of helping on the farm, he prefers to play pranks and tease animals. He wants to spend more time with a beautiful girl - Asa. One day life is unexpectedly changed Nils... Boy meets elf, who makes Nils shrinks to its size. What's more, Nils begins to understand animals and communicate with them. Gasior Bataki Martin and Raven became his friends. When Martin flies to Lapland with a group of geese, led by the wise Acre, Nils willingly joins them. Aka is confident that it can help Nils become a better person, and thus regain its normal growth. Meanwhile, Asa also travels to Lapland to find Nils.
