Sagan om ringen (1971 film)

*Sagan om ringen*
Sagan om ringen
	Title card from the first episode
Genre	Fantasy
Written by	Sören Erlandsson (adaptation)
Directed by	Bo Hansson
Narrated by	Evan Storm
Composer	Bo Hansson
Country of origin	Sweden
Original language	Swedish
Production
Producer	Urban Lasson
Running time	28 minutes
Production company	Sveriges television
Original release
Network	SVT1
Release	1971

Sagan om ringen is a 1971 Swedish live action television film in two episodes. The film was inspired by the music album Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings by Bo Hansson, which in turn was inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien's 1954 novel The Lord of the Rings.^[1]

Live actors were filmed and inserted into hand drawn backgrounds.^[1]

Drawings were made by Peter Lindblom.

Plot

The film covers quite faithfully the events of the first half of The Fellowship of the Ring, starting with Bilbo's birthday party and ending with the fellowship leaving Rivendell.

Unlike in Peter Jackson's adaptation, the journey of the hobbits to Bree includes their encounters with Old Man Willow and Tom Bombadil. Moreover, Glorfindel and his horse Asfaloth are depicted during the attack of the Black Riders. On the other hand, the character of Boromir is absent from Elrond's council.

References

^ ^a ^b K-Special, "I trollkarlens hatt Archived 2015-10-27 at the Wayback Machine" (at 24m30s), Sveriges television, 23 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.