Hobitit

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Hobitit

Hobitit (Finnish: Hobbits) was a Finnish TV mini series based on The Lord of the Rings which aired in 1993 for 9 episodes on YLE.

The series was written and directed by Timo Torikka. Toni Edelmann composed the soundtrack. Hobitit featured nine episodes of 30 minutes runtime that were aired from 29 March to 24 May 1993. Filming locations included the Ryhmäteatteri theatre in Helsinki and Yle's production facilities.

Episodes

1. "Bilbo"
2. "Tie" ("Road")
3. "Vanha metsä" ("Old Forest")
4. "Pomppiva poni" ("Prancing Pony")
5. "Konkari" ("Strider")
6. "Lórien"
7. "Mordor"
8. "Tuomiovuori" ("Mount Doom")
9. "Vapautus" ("Liberation")

Plot

The series follows the story of Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee as they head for Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Most of the other story - the War of the Ring raging in Rohan and Gondor - has been omitted.

Cast

Role	Actor
Frodo Baggins	Taneli Mäkelä
Samwise Gamgee	Pertti Sveholm
Gandalf	Vesa Vierikko
Peregrin Took	Jari Pehkonen
Meriadoc Brandybuck	Jarmo Hyttinen
Gollum/Aragorn	Kari Väänänen
Galadriel	Heidi Krohn
Bilbo Baggins	Martti Suosalo
Gimli	Tomi Salmela
Legolas	Ville Virtanen
Saruman	Mikko Kivinen
Boromir	Carl-Kristian Rundman
Elrond	Leif Wager
Barliman Butterbur	Mikko Kivinen
Tom Bombadil	Esko Hukkanen

External links

• Hobitit at IMDb
• Finnish Wikipedia article