| Hobitit | |
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| Genre | Miniseries |
| Written by | Timo Torikka |
| Directed by | Timo Torikka |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Toni Edelmann |
| Country of origin | Finland |
| Original language | Finnish |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Olof Qvickström |
| Production locations | Ryhmäteatteri theatre, Yle |
| Running time | 9 × 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Yle Ryhmateatteri |
| Original release | |
| Network | Yle TV1 |
| Release | 29 March – 24 May 1993 |
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Hobitit (The Hobbits) is a nine-part Finnish live action fantasy television miniseries directed by Timo Torikka, originally broadcast in 1993 on Yle TV1.[1]
It is based on a six-hour play, The Lord of the Rings, put on by Ryhmäteatteri theatre company at the Suomenlinna Summer Theatre, with many of the same actors; the play was in turn an adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The series quite faithfully adapts the events until The Council of Elrond, and then focuses on the journey of the Hobbits Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee. The series was praised in the Finnish press. The Finnish Tolkien society wrote that Hobitit had captured the book's spirit and atmosphere, despite its small budget.
- ^ Hietanen, Leena (18 June 1991). "Yle teettää oman sovituksen Taru sormusten herrasta-sadusta" [Yle to produce its own version of the tale of The Lord of the Rings]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.