Quest for a Heart

2007 Finnish film

14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)

Running time

78 minutesCountriesFinland
Germany
United Kingdom
RussiaLanguagesFinnish
German
English
RussianBudget€5,200,000^[1]Box office$3,133,499^[2]

Quest for a Heart (Finnish: Röllin sydän) is a 2007 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 an animated adaptation of Seven Brothers was released in 1979, Santa Claus and the Magic Drum was released 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.

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

Allu Tuppurainen as Rölli
Saija Lentonen as Millie the Elf
Esa Saario as Elder/Sage of the Sauna/Narrator
Jyrki Kovaleff as Atonal
Matti Ranin as Longwind
Aarre Karén as Footman
Maria Järvenhelmi as Princess / Frog
Pekka Lehtosaari as additional voices^[5]

English cast

Mackenzie Crook as Rölli
Lisa Stansfield as Millie the Elf
Roger Hammond as Elder
Gary Martin as Sage of the Sauna
Jim McManus as Atonal
Ian Thompson as Longwind
William Vanderpuye as Footman
Jo Wyatt as Princess / Frog
James Greene as Narrator

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

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