The Hobbit (1967 film)

The Hobbit is a 1967 fantasy animated short film by Gene Deitch and the first attempt to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit (upon which it is loosely based) into a film.

While originally planned as an ambitious full-length adaptation, the short film actually released was an "ashcan copy", created solely to fulfil a contractual obligation and retain the rights and never intended for public exhibition.

At less than twelve minutes, it is also one of the shortest films based on Tolkien's work. It has no connection to the 1977 Rankin/Bass animated film or Peter Jackson's film trilogy.

The film is short and lacking in detail, barely resembling the original story with the exception of the encounter with the trolls (renamed "Gromes") and Bilbo Baggins's encounter with a creature called Golüm. A Princess Mika, described as a "child", is introduced to avoid having Bilbo as a bachelor.