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{{Short description|2001 Finnish fantasy film by Olli Saarela}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods
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| director       = [[Olli Saarela]]
| screenplay     = [[Ilkka Matila]]<br />Olli Saarela
| story          = [[Allu Tuppurainen]]
| producer       = Ilkka Matila<br />[[Marko Röhr]]
| starring       = Allu Tuppurainen<br />[[Maria Järvenhelmi]]<br />[[Peter Franzén]]<br />[[Kari Hietalahti]]
| cinematography = [[Pini Hellstedt]]
| editing        = [[Jan-Olof Svarvar]]
| music          = [[Tuomas Kantelinen]]
| studio         = [[Matila Röhr Productions]]
| distributor    = [[Finnkino]]
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2001|12|21|Finland}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes
| country        = Finland
| language       = Finnish
| budget         = 12 million [[Finnish markka|mk]]<ref name="ses">{{cite web |url=http://www.ses.fi/en/film.asp?id=246 |title=Rolli (Rölli ja metsän henki) |work=ses.fi |publisher=[[Finnish Film Foundation|The Finnish Film Foundation]] |accessdate=January 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005103736/http://www.ses.fi/en/film.asp?id=246 |archivedate=October 5, 2006 }}</ref>
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'''''Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods''''' (also titled '''''Rolli''''', {{langx|fi|'''Rölli ja metsänhenki'''}}) is a 2001 [[Finland|Finnish]] fantasy film directed by [[Olli Saarela]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elonet.fi/title/ekm7zx/ |title=Rölli ja metsänhenki (2001) |work=elonet.fi |publisher=[[National Audiovisual Archive]] / [[Finnish Board of Film Classification]] |accessdate=January 23, 2012}}</ref> It is the second film based on the television series ''[[Rölli]]'', the first being ''[[Rölli – hirmuisia kertomuksia]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nordiskfilm.fi/valkokangas/leffatahti.php?id=108 |title=Olli Saarela |year=2010 |work=nordiskfilm.fi |publisher=[[Nordisk Film]] |accessdate=January 23, 2012}}</ref>
== Plot ==
Hairy and rowdy trolls called rolleys sail to a land inhabited by more peace-loving elves. When the rolleys arrive to the elf village, they scare the elves away and settle down in the village. One of the elves, Milli, a brave elf girl, returns to the village to make a peace with the rolleys. The rolleys do not warm to Milli's peace proposal, but she becomes friends with a rolley called Rölli. It becomes their mission to solve the conflict between the elves and the rolleys.<ref name="ses"/>
== Cast ==
* [[Allu Tuppurainen]] as [[Rölli]]
* [[Maria Järvenhelmi]] as Milli Menninkäinen
* [[Peter Franzén]] as Lakeija
* [[Kari Hietalahti]] as Riitasointu
* [[Jussi Lampi]] as Iso
* [[Kalle Holmberg]] as Vaakamestari
* [[Samuli Edelmann]] as the elder of the elf village
* [[Jorma Tommila]] as the elder of the Rolley tribe
<ref name="ses"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elonet.fi/title/ekm7zx/tekija |title=Rölli ja metsänhenki (2001) – Credits |work=elonet.fi |publisher=[[National Audiovisual Archive]] / [[Finnish Board of Film Classification]] |accessdate=January 23, 2012}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0249131}}
[[Category:Finnish fantasy films]]
[[Category:Finnish children's films]]
[[Category:2000s children's fantasy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Olli Saarela]]
[[Category:Films shot in Finland]]
[[Category:Films scored by Tuomas Kantelinen]]
[[Category:Films about trolls]]
[[Category:Finnish sequel films]]
[[Category:2000s Finnish-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Finnish films]]
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