Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods

2001 Finnish fantasy film by Olli Saarela

21 December 2001 (2001-12-21) (Finland)

Running time

92 minutesCountryFinlandLanguageFinnishBudget12 million mk^[1]

Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods (also titled Rolli, Finnish: Rölli ja metsänhenki) is a 2001 Finnish fantasy film directed by Olli Saarela.^[2] It is the second film based on the television series Rölli, the first being Rölli – hirmuisia kertomuksia (1991).^[3]

Plot

Hairy and rowdy trolls called rolleys sail to a land inhabited by more peace-loving elves. When the rolleys arrive to the elf village, they scare the elves away and settle down in the village. One of the elves, Milli, a brave elf girl, returns to the village to make a peace with the rolleys. The rolleys do not warm to Milli's peace proposal, but she becomes friends with a rolley called Rölli. It becomes their mission to solve the conflict between the elves and the rolleys.^[1]

Cast

Allu Tuppurainen as Rölli
Maria Järvenhelmi as Milli Menninkäinen
Peter Franzén as Lakeija
Kari Hietalahti as Riitasointu
Jussi Lampi as Iso
Kalle Holmberg as Vaakamestari
Samuli Edelmann as the elder of the elf village
Jorma Tommila as the elder of the Rolley tribe

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Rolli (Rölli ja metsän henki)". ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original on October 5, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
^ "Rölli ja metsänhenki (2001)". elonet.fi. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
^ "Olli Saarela". nordiskfilm.fi. Nordisk Film. 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
^ "Rölli ja metsänhenki (2001) – Credits". elonet.fi. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved January 23, 2012.