Sagan om Ringen (1971 film)

Sagan om Ringen
Information
Writer	Sören Erlandsson
Based on	The Fellowship of the Ring
Producer	Urban Lasson
Narrator	Evan Storm
Cinematography	Mette Möllar
Music	Bo Hansson
Studio	Sveriges television
Distributor	SVT1
Released	1971
Runtime	28 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

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A story from Tolkien's ‘The Lord of the Rings’ presented for children with original music by Bo Hansson and illustrations by Peter Lindblom.

SVT Play description

Sagan om Ringen is a Swedish TV movie adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring. The film follows Frodo's journey from the Shire to the Fellowship's departure from Rivendell.

Notably, the film was produced due to the success of Bo Hansson's Sagan om Ringen or Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings. Hansson created the music for the film.

Scenes with actors were filmed in front of a blue screen and the actors were composited into hand-painted backgrounds, created by Peter Linblom, for the final product.

Cast

Actor	Role
Evan Storm	Narrator

Crew

Name	Role
J.R.R. Tolkien	Original Writer
Sören Erlandsson (credited as Soren Erlandsson)	Adaptation
Bo Hansson	Music
Peter Linblom	Art
Mette Möllar	Scenography
Urban Lasson	Producer

Differences from the source material

Part 1

• Bilbo's party is a dinner attended by only the central Hobbits and Gandalf. Bilbo does not give a speech. Rather he disappears in the middle of dinner without drawing attention to himself.
• The One Ring is closer in size to a large bracelet.
• Elrond is given the title alvkungen or The Elf King. The book gives him the title Lord of Rivendell.
• Gandalf does not leave the Shire following the Birthday Party, but sets the Hobbits off on their journey.
• Frodo immediately sets off with Sam, Pippin and Merry. There is no Conspiracy or plan to make others believe Frodo is moving Crickhollow.
• Fatty Bolger and Folco Boffin are omitted.
• The Hobbits meet a company of Elves who drive off the Nazgûl, but no one Elf is identified, meaning Gildor Inglorion is omitted.
• The Bamfurlong is omitted.
• The Hobbits are rescued by Tom Bombadil and visit his house. Goldberry is omitted.
• The Barrow-downs are omitted.
• The Hobbits enter The Prancing Pony and immediately meet Strider. They find Gandalf's letter (though Butterbur is omitted) and set off with Strider. All other events in Bree are omitted.

Part 2

• The end of the Flight to the Ford is truncated. Frodo and the Nazgûl do not interact and the Riders immediately attempt to cross the Ford, before being washed away.
• Most of the events in Rivendell besides the party, the Council of Elrond and the Fellowship of the Ring setting out, are omitted.
• The only individuals seen in Rivendell are the attendees of the Council of Elrond. Glóin is not physically seen but is still present at the council and the narrator relates what he said. Glorfindel is not present, despite appearing in the previous episode. Erestor and Galdor of the Havens are not present.
• Sam, Merry and Pippin attend the Council of Elrond, with no mention made that they were not invited.
• Radagast the Brown is not seen or directly mentioned, though Gandalf says he was "tricked" into meeting with Saruman the White, implying the encounter with Radagast took place off-screen.
• The circumstances of the aforementioned off-screen encounter with Radagast must be slightly different, however, as Gandalf gets the attention of Gwaihir by sending "a message with the birds", rather than Gwaihir coming to Orthanc because of Radagast's message.
• Boromir is omitted. Despite the narrator mentioning that the Fellowship of the Ring has nine members, only eight are listed.
• Despite Bill Ferny's omission in Episode 1, it is said that "Sam stood by the Pony", presumably Bill the Pony.

See also

• Images from Sagan om Ringen (1971 film)