All language subtitles for Ronja - A Filha do Ladrão - S01E24 - Duel at Dawn

(lively, upbeat music)

* Now the mist has cleared
as day is dawning

* It's all becoming
clearer to me

* The seasons change
as I change with them

* And the cool of spring

* Gives me strength
and courage

* To know I will
make it through

* Whatever life throws at me

* Summer's sweet scent,
autumn's whisper

* Winter stings with the cold

* When trouble comes
rolling in like thunder

* Tears may fall

* Fear may call

* But with spring in my heart

* When seasons change,
I'll change with them

* And I know I can
weather the storm *

(screams)

(sobbing)

- [Narrator] The first
frost of winter came.

And Ronja and Birk
knew that it was time

to leave the bear's cave
and go home.

Mattis's Fort and Borka's Keep

were filled with
an overwhelming joy

not felt since long
before they had left.

(shivering)

(sneezes)

- I'm starving.

(door crashes)

(man screaming)

- Pelje, you're coming home.

- Chief, you're here!

- You Borka robbers,
come with me too!

(horse neighs)

(screams)

Help me.

(upbeat ambient music)

(laughing)

- You know,
Lill-Klippen didn't think

that Pelje would survive
in the sheriff's prison.

He was so shocked to see him.

He wasn't sure
if it was really him

or his ghost. (laughs)

Mind you, it doesn't take much
to scare Lill-Klippen.

- On our side,
you should have seen Borka.

He couldn't believe
that Mattis had rescued

two Borka robbers
as well as his own man.

- And now, 'cause Mattis helped
them all escape the dungeon,

the sheriff's even
more determined than ever

to catch him.

He's got every soldier
looking.

Remember the other day,
back at the bear's cave,

when it was raining?

It felt like the woods

were really scary
and frightening.

But not anymore.

Now the forest gives me
nothing but joy.

And that's because I know

that I'm going to be warm
right down to my toes

when I come home.

If I had to sleep shivering
in a cold cave every night,

I might not feel the same way.

- Yes, that's true.

Now, when I get home
from the forest,

I go straight to the fire
at Borka's Keep

and curl up like
a little rabbit.

You know what?

Undis and Borka
were actually glad

when I came back home to them.

I wouldn't have believed

they cared so much about me.

It is nice to be back home.

- Yes.

You should live
with your family

as long as you like.

Well, until the spring.

(laughing)

Pelje!

- [Pelje] Hey, Ronja!

- Of course.

It's a fine thing.

That little snake can
come and go as he pleases.

I invited him to come home
with us, after all.

But it's a relief now

not to have to stare at that,

that little red head
of his all the time.

- Ewen.

Here.

(laughing)

- Welcome back, Pelje!

No one stops my robbers.

- Right!

- To us!

- We are the finest robbers
in the forest.

- That's right!
We're the best!

- I rescued Pelje
from the dungeon

and taught the sheriff
a lesson.

- What was it? (hiccups)

- If you steal my robbers,
I'll steal 'em back.

(laughs)

- No one can beat our chief!
- Hooray!

- The sheriff's
no match for Mattis!

- We'll follow our chief
anywhere!

- Mattis, you're the best!

- [Noddle-Pete]
And that's why

we've got soldiers everywhere,

swarming through
the woods like flies.

And you know the sheriff
will win in the end.

I'm telling you.

This is not a fight you
can win by yourself.

But if you and Borka
reconcile

and create a single
strong band of robbers...

well, you might just be able

to handle the sheriff
and all his men.

Now if you and Borka

keep fighting each other
over the treasure...

like wolves fighting
over morsels of flesh,

you can forget
beating the sheriff.

You're dead meat.

- Well, you certainly
like to speak your mind,

don't you, old man?

Of course,
in a way you're right.

Tell me.

Who would be the chief

of this great new robber clan?

Did you think of that?

Borka, eh?

Listen, I, Mattis,
am the strongest, mightiest,

toughest robber chieftain

in all the mountains
and forests!

And I intend to remain so!

But we can't be sure
Borka will understand that.

- Show him, then.

Show him who is in charge.

- (gasp)

You should be able to win.

A duel with him would be easy.

After all, you're built
like a great strong ox.

And once you win,
you'll become chieftain

of the single,
big robber band,

and lead everyone!

And then, instead of hiding

from the sheriff
and his soldiers,

you'll be able to give 'em
hell every day.

How 'bout that?

Soon they'll grow tired
of hunting us robbers, eh?

- At last you're
talking some sense.

(laughing)

- I disagree!

I think that the most cunning
and clever idea of all

would be to stop robbing.

(robbers gasp)

(laughs)

- What? Don't look so shocked.

I've always thought so.

(mixed chatter)

- Maybe your little Ronja
has got a point.

Maybe we should stop robbing.

But I'm too old, feeble

to drum that into your
thick head.

- How dare you?!

You, who have been a robber
since my father's day.

How could you say that?

Stop robbing? Are you mad?

What would we live on,
then? Nuts?

- Have you ever noticed

there are people in this world
who may not be robbers,

and yet they still manage
to live very well.

They somehow provide
for their families

without the sheriff
hunting them all the time.

- Maybe.

But I don't know
how they do that.

- There are many ways

a man could make
an honest living.

Some I could teach you.

But oh, no.

You'll never quit
the robber's life.

Not until the sheriff
catches you

and we're all strung up.

Which is something
I'd rather avoid.

That's why at some point,

I'm gonna tell Ronja
something.

A nice little secret.

Hmm.

- Secret?

-(chuckles) That's right.

I'll tell Ronja

so she won't be left helpless
after you're locked up.

- That's not going to happen!

Now be quiet!

- [Noodle-Pete]
Yeah, yeah, yeah,

be quiet, go to bed,
just 'cause I'm right.

(exciting ambient music)

- [Narrator]
Several days later...

- Mattis!

This is serious!

(horse neighs)

- Where do you get the nerve,
summoning me?

- I have some bad news,
Mattis.

If you value your life,

do not poke your nose
into the woods today.

Soldiers have set an ambush.

They shot one of my men
with an arrow.

- Wait, what's gotten into you
that you would tell me that?

You think I'm some
kind of fool?

- Well, you did rescue
two of my men.

So I'm rendering a service
in return.

You could say I owe you.

(laughs)

- Well, Borka...

it seems we'll have to teach
the sheriff's soldiers

to mind their manners, huh?

Once we get our hands on.

We?

(mischievous music)

- [Borka] What?

You're acting very strange.

- Perhaps we should, maybe,

join forces once and for all?

- For once in your life,

you said something
quite clever.

One strong band of robbers.

That works! (laughs)

One united band of robbers

under one strong chief.

Mattis, I know the perfect
man for the job.

And that is me!

(laughs)

- I think you'll find
the perfect chief--

- Yes?

- ...would be this man!

(rooster crows)

(mixed arguing)

- Out!

And don't come back
until I've called you back!

- I don't want
to watch them fighting

or battering each other.

- Don't worry.
They won't allow you there.

Women and children must keep
away from wild beast matches.

(chuckle)
The old custom must be obeyed.

- (cough)

Wild beast matches.

That's perfect.

You should've
been here earlier.

It was a wild beast
stand, all right,

the men shouting
and screaming.

- Well, I can tell you
it's been the same for us

in Borka's Keep.

Undis has been shouting
at the men

all day to drive them out.

(Lovis, Ronja giggling)

(grunting)

- Borka had better watch out.

Undis won't recognize him
after this!

- Always save the bragging

for when you're riding
back home.

That's what my mother
used to say to me.

- But, Noodle-Pete,

you're going to be
at the match, right?

I know

you've been feeling unwell,

but a wild beast match!

That will stir your heart.

Come on, old man.

You can ride on my horse.

Let's go to the fight
of the century.

- (horse hooves clopping)
- Hmm?

Whoa. Whoa.

Well, then, here goes.

(exciting music)

Borka!

I thought you'd run away
like a baby.

Are you ready?

- Ha!

I'm actually quite surprised

to see you turn up here,
Mattis.

I was worried.

Thought you might lock
yourself up in your fort,

Thought you might lock
yourself up in your fort,
too scared to come out.
- (growling)

too scared to come out.
- (growling)

- Back when you were a boy,
whenever you were upset

or things didn't go your way,

you used to shut yourself
in your room

and sulk like a baby.

- Shut up!

Why don't you stop talking

and prepare yourself
for a beating!

- Ha!

(Mattis breathing heavily)

- (clears throat)

And now,

under the rules passed
through the generations,

we shall begin the match.

In a wild beast match,

every kind of attack

and dirty hold is allowed.

You may break and bore,
rip and tear,

bite and scratch.

(men shouting)

- Throw him off the cliff!

- Mattis, tear him apart!

- Crush him, Borka!

- However...

You may not kick
between the legs.

Now both sides approach.

- If you wanna run,
now's your chance.

- Oh I'm not going anywhere,
but you'll wish I had.

Now, say goodbye to
all your men and horses

before I take it all.

And that's a promise.

- Ha.

Well, it would only
be polite of me

to promise you the same.

(gong tolls)

- Silly men.

Good for nothing,
every last one of them.

(gong tolls)

- Birk, it's the signal.

- Well, let's see
what happens.

(crowd cheering)

- [Narrator] Noodle-Pete had
secretly hoped for this

for some time.

Mattis and Borka meeting
in a wild beast's match.

- (exciting music)
- [Narrator] Next time

on Ronja
the Robber's Daughter...

Don't miss it!

(calm ambient music)