Dec 30, 1967
12 min
Full-HD

The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll (1967)

An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.

Category

Animation Family Fantasy

Country

Norway

Companies

Caprino Filmcenter a/s

Harald Heide Steen

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Claes Gill

Talg-Petter / Storyteller

Henki Kolstad

Bonden

Else Heiberg

Skjenkedamen

Toralv Maurstad

Askeladden (voice)

Egil Hjorth-Jenssen

(voice)

Finn Mehlum

(voice)

Johan Tømmerbakk

(voice)

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