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- 1 2 3 Anchors Up - Boats to the Rescue (Elias og Storegaps hemmelighet) at the Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ↑ Anchors Up (Elias og Storegaps Hemmelighet) at Cineuropa – the best of European cinema. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ↑ Ton te Slaa: Elias: Alle ankers vooruit! – Elias og Storegaps Hemmelighet (2017). (in Dutch). CineMagazine. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ↑ Kritik: Elias - Das kleine Rettungsboot. (in German). Spielfilm.de. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
