Troll: The Tale of a Tail
Poster
Directed byKevin Munroe
Kristian Kamp (co-director)
Screenplay by
  • Kevin Munroe
  • Suzanne Bolch
  • Johnny Carlsen
  • Peter Dodd
  • Kristian Kamp
  • Jørn Kolsrud
  • John May
  • Jonny Westernes
  • Daxing Zhang[1]
Produced by
  • Jean Aubert
  • Claudio Castravelli
  • Harel Goldstein
  • Kristian Kamp
  • Jørn Kolsrud
  • Daxing Zhang[1]
Music byDaniel Scott
Production
companies
Sagatoon
Blue Bug Entertainment
Distributed bySF Studios Norge[2]
Release date
25 December 2018
Running time
91 minutes
CountriesNorway
Canada
LanguagesNorwegian
English[3]
Budget120,000,000 NOK
Box office$1,080,895[4]

Troll: The Tale of a Tail (Norwegian: Troll – Kongens hale)[1] is a 2018 Norwegian-Canadian computer-animated high fantasy adventure film directed by Kevin Munroe and co-directed by Kristian Kamp.[5] A co-production between the Norwegian Sagatoon and Canadian Blue Bug Entertainment, the film was released on 25 December 2018, for a worldwide gross of $1,080,895. With a budget of 120 million Norwegian krone, it is one of the most expensive Norwegian films ever made.[3]

Premise

Trym, the prince of the trolls, and a small group of friends have to embark on a journey to Draugen to save his father, King Grom, who has been turned into stone and had his tail stolen by an evil tyrant.[5]

Production

Production for the film lasted 15 years, beginning in 2003 and concluding in 2018. The budget of 120 million Norwegian krone was financed entirely by private investors. According to director Kamp, he wanted to do everything in Norway, however it did not work out financially. Kamp went to look elsewhere for funding for the film, and traveled to India, Germany and the United States, before ending up in Canada, where the studio Blue Bug Entertainment agreed to help finance the film.[6][7]

Release and reception

The film was released in Norwegian theatres on 25 December 2018, and grossed $199,547 in its opening week for a total of $725,387 during its entire theatrical run. It grossed $1,080,895 worldwide.[4]

Einar Aarvig of Filmmagasinet gave the film four out of six stars, saying: "As soon as one accepts that Troll: The Tale of a Tail does not have much to do with either Norwegian folklore or Asbjørnsen and Moe's management of it, it turns out to be a pretty fun children's film."[8]

Troll: The Tale of a Tail was nominated for "Best Children's Film" at the 2019 Amanda Awards,[9] but lost to Psychobitch.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Troll: The Tale of a Tail (Troll – Kongens hale) at Cineuropa, the best of European cinema. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Troll: The Tale of a Tail. Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Troll – Kongens hale, 19 December 2018. (in Norwegian). NRK P3. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. 1 2 Troll: The Tale of a Tail at Box Office Mojo, an IMDb company. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  5. 1 2 Iversen, Gunnar (18 September 2019) Analysen: Troll – Kongens hale (2018). (in Norwegian). Montages. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Borgersrud, Aslak (27 December 2018) 15 år med trollfilm. (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Vespestad, Linda (15 March 2017) Nå blir det trollfilm med Trym og Freia. (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  8. ↑ Einar, Aarvig: Troll – Kongens hale. (in Norwegian). Filmmagasinet. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  9. ↑ Amanda-nominasjonene 2019. (in Norwegian). Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Here are the 2019 Amanda Award Winners, 17 August 2019. Norwegian International Film Festival. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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