Hobitit

Hobitit
Genre	Miniseries
Written by	Timo Torikka
Directed by	Timo Torikka
Starring	Matti Pellonpää Martti Suosalo Vesa Vierikko Ville Virtanen Kari Väänänen Leif Wager
Composer(s)	Toni Edelmann
Country of origin	Finland
Original language(s)	Finnish
No. of episodes	9
Production
Producer(s)	Olof Qvickström
Production location(s)	Ryhmäteatteri theatre, Yle
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Yle Ryhmateatteri
Distributor	Yle (Finland & World-Wide)
Release
Original network	Yle TV1
Original release	29 March (1993-03-29) – 24 May 1993 (1993-05-24)

Hobitit (literally The Hobbits) is a Finnish live action fantasy television miniseries originally broadcast in 1993 on Yle TV1. Produced by Olof Qvickström, it is based on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, but limits itself to the storyline of Frodo and Sam. Their adventures are narrated by Sam many years later to an audience of young Hobbits. Except for a flashback to Bilbo's encounter with Gollum, no material from The Hobbit is used.

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.

Cast

The show's cast included the following actors and roles:

• Taneli Mäkelä – Frodo Baggins [Frodo Reppuli]
• Pertti Sveholm – Samwise Gamgee [Samvais Gamgi]
• Jari Pehkonen – Peregrin Took [Peregrin Tuk]
• Jarmo Hyttinen – Meriadoc Brandybuck [Meriadoc Rankkibuk]
• Vesa Vierikko – Gandalf [Gandalf Harmaat]
• Kari Väänänen – Gollum [Klonkku], Aragorn
• Ville Virtanen – Legolas
• Tomi Salmela – Gimli
• Carl-Kristian Rundman – Boromir
• Martti Suosalo – Bilbo Baggins [Bilbo Reppuli]
• Esko Hukkanen – Tom Bombadil
• Leif Wager – Elrond
• Matti Pellonpää – Saruman
• Mikko Kivinen – Barliman Butterbur [Viljami Voivalvatti]

Episodes

• 1. Bilbo (29 March)
• 2. Tie, "The road" (5 April)
• 3. Vanha metsä, "The Old Forest" (12 April)
• 4. Pomppiva poni, "The Prancing Pony" (19 April)
• 5. Konkari, "Strider" (26 April)
• 6. Lorien (3 May)
• 7. Mordor (10 May)
• 8. Tuomiovuori, "Mount Doom" (17 May)
• 9. Vapautus, "Liberation" (24 May)

External links

Hobitit at IMDb