30 years old German LotR-radio play now as podcast

[Berzelmayr]

An about 12 hours long radio play that was produced in 1992 for the German speaking audience and, is now available as a podcast on the website of the WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk):

J.R.R. Tolkien: Der Herr der Ringe - Fantasy-Hörspiel-Klassiker

J.R.R. Tolkiens weltberühmter Fantasy-Klassiker: Der Herr der Ringe. Ein Ring voller Zauber, geschmiedet von einer bösen Macht, hat die Harmonie von Mittelerde zerstört. Herrscher werden zu Tyrannen, Menschen zu bösen Geschöpfen. Ein Krieg steht unmittelbar bevor. Hobbit Frodo Beutlin soll den...

www.ardaudiothek.de

(I guess it's geoblocked outside Germany)

I really like how the detailed the earlier parts were, with characters like Gildor and Tom Bombadil not omitted, unlike in the movie adaptions and the old BBC-radio play of 1981. But it's getting really short near the end.

The series has one of the largest casts of unique actors of any Tolkien radio adaptation to date, possibly even still holding the record. The series utilised a cast of 60 actors and actresses in main character roles and 36 actors and actresses in supporting character roles.

Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series)

Der Herr der Ringe (German: The Lord of the Rings) was a German radio series based on The Lord of the Rings which first aired in a single series (season) in 1992...

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