Hobitit

Hobitit (The Hobbits) is a nine-part Finnish live action fantasy television miniseries directed by Timo Torikka, originally broadcast in 1993 on Yle TV1.

Hobitit
GenreMiniseries
Written byTimo Torikka
Directed byTimo Torikka
Starring
  • Matti Pellonpää
  • Martti Suosalo
  • Vesa Vierikko
  • Ville Virtanen
  • Kari Väänänen
  • Leif Wager
ComposerToni Edelmann
Country of originFinland
Original languageFinnish
No. of episodes9
Production
ProducerOlof Qvickström
Production locationsRyhmäteatteri theatre, Yle
Running time9 × 30 minutes
Production companiesYle
Ryhmateatteri
Original release
NetworkYle TV1
Release29 March (1993-03-29) –
24 May 1993 (1993-05-24)

It is based on a six-hour play, The Lord of the Rings, put on by the Suomenlinna Group Theatre, with many of the same actors; the play was in turn an adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The series quite faithfully adapts the events until The Council of Elrond, and then focuses on the journey of the Hobbits Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee. The series was praised in the Finnish press. The Finnish Tolkien society wrote that Hobitit had captured the book's spirit and atmosphere, despite its small budget.

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