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Gutten som kappåt med trollet (S)

Original title: Gutten som kappåt med trollet
Year: 1967
Running time: 12 min.
Country: Norway
Director: Ivo Caprino
Screenwriter: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Moe
Cast: Animation
Cinematography: Animation, Ivo Caprino
Producer: Caprino Film
Genre: Animation | Stop Motion. Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: The Boy who Vied with the Troll is an exuberant story about how Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairytales, outwitted the good-natured troll. The introduction to this fairytale features a familiar cast of actors. This time around, one Tallow Peter, played by Norwegian celebrity Claes Gill, recounts the tale. Tallow Peter, who was partial to a drink, would get a shot on the house for telling the other guests at the inn a fairytale, but before doing so, he was first required to eat a tallow candle, hence his name.

During the shoot, Gill was not quite happy with his own performance when he ate the special tallow candle we had concocted for him out of cheese, and which was supposed to be convincing as a proper old tallow candle. So he insisted on no faking. And hence, what we see in the movie really is Tallow Peter eating a candle! The shot he washed it down with was also the genuine article. And one he certainly deserved. Later on he told the crew with a smile that he had spent a good deal of time in the bathroom that evening.

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Gutten som kappåt med trollet (S)

1967

Ivo Caprino