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A gem of folktales from a Swedish-speaking region of Finland Trolltagna, written by Kurre Österberg and directed by Pontus Dammert, is a miniseries based on the folklore that Österberg collected in the Swedish-speaking Bromarv region on Finland's south-western coastline. 1970's was pretty much the last chance to collect oral tradition from old folks that grew up and lived without TV. The story opens with a woman walking on an unpaved village road, making odd gestures while talking to herself, seemingly, and a little girl asking her grandfather why the aunt is behaving so strangely. The grandfather then tells how her whole family has succumbed to trolls, while audience sees all kinds of havoc caused by these trolls. The woman's father had bought the trolls from a traveling salesman to scare away a neighbor, so he could get the neighbor's land. Or some such thing. Anyway, after successfully achieving the result he had wanted, the father then neglected to pay for the trolls to the salesman, who in turn left the trolls to harass greedy man's own family. Eventually, until only one of the children, now a middle-aged or older woman, is left. The voice over has someone local speaking in the local accent and dialect, which in itself is wonderful to hear, but the story is so chilling that it has left an indelible imprint in lots of minds in Finland. People here use Internet forums to ask if someone else remembers it, and where to find it. I have only ever seen the series once, and very much yearn to see it again.

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Medium: Okänd,

Sökväg: Hylla 11

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