Quest for a Heart

Quest for a Heart (Finnish: Röllin sydän) is a 2007 British/Finnish/Russian/German animated film directed by Pekka Lehtosaari. It is based on the Rölli character created by Allu Tuppurainen, and while it is the third Rölli film (previous films are Rolli: Amazing Tales from 1991 and Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods from 2001), it is also the first Rölli animation. It is also one of the first feature-length animated films produced in Finland, before that Santa Claus and the Magic Drum was made in 1996 and The Emperor's Secret in 2006. With its over 5 million euro budget,[1] Quest for a Heart is one of the most expensive Finnish films.

Quest for a Heart
Directed byPekka Lehtosaari
Written byPekka Lehtosaari
Allu Tuppurainen (characters; uncredited)
Produced byMarko Röhr
Vladimir Taubkin
Andre Sikojev
Stefan Beiten
Mike Downey
Michael Henrichs
Zorana Piggott
Sophokles Tasioulis
Sam Taylor
Nikolaus Weil
Music byTuomas Kantelinen
Production
companies
MRP Matila Röhr Productions
Greenlight Media AG
Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)
Kontakt Production Center
Distributed byNordisk Film (Finland)
HB Films (UK)
Release date
  • 14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)
Running time
78 minutes
CountriesFinland
Germany
United Kingdom
Russia
LanguagesFinnish
German
English
Russian
Budget€5,200,000[1]
Box office$3,133,499[2]

The film won the Best Animation Award at the German Schlingel Film Festival in October 2008 and at the Chicago Children's Film Festival in November 2008.[3][4]

Plot

The story revolves around Rölli the troll who accompanies a spunky elf girl named Milli on a quest to find a magical heart that will save the trolls' village from being turned to stone, despite the fact that trolls and elves are completely opposite in nature.

Cast

Finnish cast

English cast

Home media

The film was released on DVD in most European territories, and was released as a direct-to-video film in United Kingdom on DVD by HB Films.

References
  1. "Röllin sydän". IMDb. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. "Röllin sydän (2007)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. "Röllin sydän ihastuttaa maailmalla" (in Finnish). 3 November 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. "Quest for a Heart - Official website of Mike Downey". Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. The Voices of Quest for a Heart (2007, Animated Film)


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