Quest for a Heart

Quest for a Heart (Finnish: Röllin sydän) is a 2007 animated film directed by Pekka Lehtosaari. It is based on the Rölli character created by Allu Tuppurainen, and while it is the third Rölli film (previous films are Rolli: Amazing Tales from 1991 and Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods from 2001), it is also the first Rölli animation. It is also one of the first animated films produced in Finland, before that Santa Claus and the Magic Drum was made in 1996 and The Emperor's Secret in 2006. It revolves around Rölli the troll who accompanies a spunky elf girl named Milli on a quest to find a magical heart that will save the trolls' village from being turned to stone, despite the fact that trolls and elves are completely opposite in nature. The film was a Finnish production with co-producers in Germany, United Kingdom and Russia. It was produced by MRP Matila Röhr Productions, Greenlight Media AG, Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) and Kontakt Production Center. It is one of the most expensive Finnish films.

Quest for a Heart
Directed byPekka Lehtosaari
Produced byMarko Röhr
Vladimir Taubkin
Andre Sikojev
Stefan Beiten
Mike Downey
Michael Henrichs
Zorana Piggott
Sophokles Tasioulis
Sam Taylor
Nikolaus Weil
Written byPekka Lehtosaari
Allu Tuppurainen (characters; uncredited)
Music byTuomas Kantelinen
Production
company
MRP Matila Röhr Productions
Greenlight Media AG
Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)
Kontakt Production Center
Distributed byNordisk Film (Finland)
HB Films (UK)
Release date
  • 14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryFinland
Germany
United Kingdom
Russia
LanguageFinnish
Budget€5,200,000[1]
Box office$3,133,499[2]

The film won the Best Animation Award at the German Schlingel Film Festival in October 2008 and at the Chicago Children’s Film Festival in November 2008.[3]

Cast

English cast

Home media

The film was released on DVD in most European territories, and was released as a direct-to-video film in United Kingdom on DVD by HB Films.

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References
  1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796232/business
  2. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0796232/?ref_=bo_se_r_1
  3. Röllin sydän ihastuttaa maailmalla (in Finnish)
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