Presentation of a film

1. Trolljegeren
AKA the Trollhunter
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2. Information about the movie
● Norwegian
● Comedy, drama, fantasy
● On screen in 2010
● Strong influence and the norwegian culture and folklore
● Introduces the different species of trolls (mountain and
woodland and their subspecies)
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3. Summary
3 college
students go to
Volda to
invastigate
bears tracks
seen there and
ended
discovering one
of Norway most
guarded secret:
Trolls. Actual
living trolls.
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4. ● The movie is filmed through one of the students
camera as such we only see what they see and
know what they know
● Here, the trolls are real and kept a secret by the
government.
● When they get out of their territory, a hunter is sent
to «deal with them».
● They use bears as decoy.
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5. Trolls species and subspecies
Mountain Trolls
● Mountain King, also
called Dovregubben
● Mountain Trolls
Woodland Trolls
● Tusseladd or Tusserlad
● Raglefant
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6. References : 1
In the hall of the
mountain king
(dovregrubben)
by Edvard Grieg
Also, Dovrefjell :
place they
traveled to.
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7. Thomas Kittelsen
(1857 – 1914)
Norwegian artist.
Is the reason why trolls
today look that way.
References : 2 7

8. Fairy tale:
The boy who had an eating
match with a troll
collected by Asbjørnsen &
Moe
References : 4 8

9. Fairy tale:
Three Billy Boats Gruff
collected by Asbørnsen &
Moe
Very popular
Link to story
References : 4 9

10. Reception of the movie
● Had good review but not liked by most norwegian I talked to
● Difficult to export to the internationnal due to the strong
influence of norwegian culture and folklore
● Special effects had variable qualities
● “conventional 'found footage' movie with a unique stamp on
it” (Ross Miller of Blog critics)
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