The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll

Dec 30, 1967

0h 12m

★ 7.7

Overview

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

Genres

Animation

Family

Fantasy

Production Companies

Caprino Filmcenter a/s

The Ashlad and the Hungry Troll Trailers

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Cast

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Harald Heide Steen

Talg-Petter / Storyteller

Claes Gill

Bonden

Henki Kolstad

Skjenkedamen

Else Heiberg

Askeladden (voice)

Toralv Maurstad

(voice)

Egil Hjorth-Jenssen

(voice)

Finn Mehlum

(voice)

Johan Tømmerbakk

(voice)

Leif Wolfsberg

(voice)

Roy Bjørnstad

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