''Sagan om ringen'' is a 1971 Swedish live action television film in two episodes. The film was inspired by the music album '' Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings'' by

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, which in turn was inspired by

J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philology, philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''. From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was ...

's 1954 novel ''

The Lord of the Rings ''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's boo ...

''.''K-Special'',
I trollkarlens hatt
" (at 24m30s),

Sveriges television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national ...

, 23 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015. Live actors were filmed and inserted into hand drawn backgrounds. Drawings were made by Peter Lindblom.

Plot

The film covers quite faithfully the events of the first half of '' The Fellowship of the Ring'', starting with Bilbo's birthday party and ending with the fellowship leaving Rivendell. Unlike in

Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003) and the ''Hobbit'' trilogy ( ...

adaptation In biology, adaptation has three related meanings. Firstly, it is the dynamic evolutionary process of natural selection that fits organisms to their environment, enhancing their evolutionary fitness. Secondly, it is a state reached by the po ...

, the journey of the hobbits to Bree includes their encounters with Old Man Willow and Tom Bombadil. Moreover,

Glorfindel Glorfindel () is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He is a member of the Noldor, one of the three groups of the Calaquendi or High Elves. The character and his name, which means " blond" or "golden-haired", ...

and his horse Asfaloth are depicted during the attack of the Black Riders. On the other hand, the character of

Boromir Boromir is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He appears in the first two volumes of ''The Lord of the Rings'' (''The Fellowship of the Ring'' and ''The Two Towers''), and is mentioned in the last volume, ''The Return of ...

is absent from Elrond's

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References

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of the film on YouTube 1971 television films 1971 films Films based on The Lord of the Rings Swedish television films Films based on albums 1970s British films 1970s Swedish films {{tv-film-stub