Great trolls
Tolle Trolle ( Danish original title Trolderi ) is a Danish-German animated series from 1999. The series is based on the Danish novel Troldehistorien by the author Henning Kure from 1989.
Emergence
Based on screenplays by Aidan Rickney and Andreas Pihl, the film was directed by Karsten Kiilerich (who was nominated for an Oscar in 1999 for his 1997 short film Når livet går sin vej ) and Jørgen Lerdam, both from the animation company A-Film I / S in Copenhagen , 2 seasons of 13 episodes each. The series was produced by Egmont Imagination, Denmark. Producers included Anders Mastrup and Christoph Sieciechowicz. Each episode was 25 minutes long.
The soundtrack comes from Tom Keenlyside and John Mitchell from AniTunes in Vancouver , which specializes in music for cartoons and television series.
In April 2001, dtp entertainment published a collection of games as a computer game.
action
Two little trolls live in a magical forest: the clever Snäpper (in the Danish original Gimpe ) and the slow and faithful Zumpel (in the Danish version Humpe ). Together with the tiny Willy Wee ( Lille Skid in the original), they have to watch out for giant trolls and the hunting Schnipplingen.
publication
In Denmark, the series was broadcast on the TV channel DR1 . The first broadcast in Germany was on January 27, 2001 on ZDF on Tabaluga tivi . The series was repeated on KiKA . In the English-speaking world, the series was called Troll Tales . Voice actors for the English edition are, for example, Canadians Kathleen Barr (Snäpper), Cathy Weseluck (Zumpel), Jesse Moss , Michael Dobson, Scott McNeil, Myriam Sirois, Chiara Zanni, Ian James Corlett and Saffron Henderson. In Finland the series is called Peikkotarinoita and runs on the private broadcaster Nelonen .
Episodes
season 1
| episode | title | action |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | The Lord of the Stones | Snäpper accidentally wakes up a giant. The giant must be appeased with the help of a magic potion. |
| 1.2 | The hunt | Schnipplinge hunt for troll tails, little Willy Wee is kidnapped. |
| 1.3 | A soap opera | Snäpper annoys the big trolls with a bar of soap that he dips into the big trolls' soup. A Neck, a water spirit from Germanic mythology , helps Snäpper against the anger of the great trolls. |
| 1.4 | the little Princess | A kidnapped princess ends up in the troll forest and starts to order the trolls around. |
| 1.5 | The forest baby | A human baby is abandoned in the forest. Since Zumpel is mothering the baby, Snäpper becomes jealous. |
| 1.6 | Huldra's revenge | Snäpper plays a prank on the Schnippling girl Huldra. This takes revenge. |
| 1.7 | The great test of strength | Snappers and Zumpel want to learn to throw cows from dwarfs in order to get revenge on the big trolls. |
| 1.8 | False alarm | A count wants to camp in the troll forest with his son and servants. Snäpper uses this to play tricks on the big trolls. |
| 1.9 | Werewolves | After Zumpel is bitten by a charcoal burner , the troll becomes a werewolf . |
| 1.10 | The mermaid | While catching salmon, Snäpper is enchanted by a mermaid with a kiss. Only by kissing a girl can he be disenchanted, but Huldra doesn't want to kiss him. |
| 1.11 | What a cheese! | Snäpper exchanges troll brew for gold with dwarfs, which the big trolls don't like at all. |
| 1.12 | The tamed lightning | The brothers Lightning and Thunder are on a troll hunt. Snäpper succeeds in locking up lightning like a genie in a bottle . |
| 1.13 | The magic fishing line | Snäpper is fighting a big pike . And even with a magic fishing line, which he gets from the witch Eulalia, this is a difficult undertaking. |
season 2
| episode | title | action |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | The sacred sphere | The Neck stole the sacred ball of the Schnipplinge. When Huldra tries to get the ball back, Willy Wee turns into a water breather and has to live in a fishbowl . |
| 2.2 | Wanted: Eulalias Owl | A storm blows the owl of the witch Eulalia and Snäpper's hat away. Everyone starts looking. |
| 2.3 | The changeling | Snappers and Zumpels are sent to a people's farm for punishment. There they swap roles with two human boys. |
| 2.4 | The wayward wand | Snäpper finds a magic wand. While trying out the wand, he does some mischief. |
| 2.5 | The nightmare | At night Snäpper is tormented by nightmares in which the Schniplling girl Huldra plays a role. |
| 2.6 | The moor witch | Snappers and Zumpel get lost in the enchanted Trollmoor. A will- o'-the-wisp offers them their help. |
| 2.7 | Three wishes | A girl goes to the troll forest to find a fairy so that she can fulfill three wishes. Snäpper claims to be able to do this too. |
| 2.8 | The cheerful mugger | Snäpper meets a mugger who is on the run from the king's soldiers. |
| 2.9 | The strict elf | Snappers and Zumpels are looking for a mud hole. Conflicts arise with three elves whose task it is to initiate spring in the forest. |
| 2.10 | In the dragon's den | Snappers and Zumpel want to capture a dragon scale, but the dragon sees through them. |
| 2.11 | The professor | Snäpper and Zumpel steal a food gift that is put outside every night to protect a farm. |
| 2.12 | Sun sick | When trolls are exposed to the sun, they petrify. Snappers and Zumpel rescue the big troll Steinilaus by throwing him into the water. Steinilaus doesn't like that at all. |
| 2.13 | The uninvited guest | Snäpper finds a Viking ring for the midsummer festival and conjures up the spirit of the Viking Leif. |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ AniTunes credit list (English, no longer online)