Original subtitles

No!

[Mattis] She betrayed us. She never needs to return.

[sobs] Mattis!

I want her here.

Does he ever speak of me? Does he ever mention my name?

No. But that will all be well if you just come home.

[Ronja] I'm not coming home.

Not until I'm his child again, anyway.

- [arrow whooshing] - [groaning]

[soldiers grunting]

I won't thank you, if that's what you're thinking.

- I know you better than that, Mattis. - [Chegge] They took Knotas and Labbas.

[Smavis] What is it with you and the Mattis robbers?

I know they killed Father, but there's something else.

Why won't you tell me?

Because you are the only one I've got. I can't lose you too.

Why would you lose me?

[sighing] You don't know what I have done.

[Mattis] Labbas, Knotas, wake up!

[men grunting]

Mattis.

We finally meet again.

[crowd chanting] Hang them! Hang them! Hang them! Hang them!

[chanting continues]

[crowd clamoring]

Hang them!

- Hang them! - [clamoring continues]

[Cappa shushing]

[clamoring stops]

We have captured their chief.

[crowd cheering]

Mattis and three of his robbers. They will pay for their crimes.

[crowd cheering]

Tomorrow at midday we will hang three of them.

Mattis, we'll save for later.

Three tomorrow, Mattis later.

[man] Hang them! Hang them! Hang them! Hang them!

[hooves galloping]

Lovis.

Lovis.

I knew something had gone terribly wrong.

You were away for too long.

[Skully-Per] Uh, what went wrong? What was the plan?

We had no plan.

Mattis just wanted to run straight in and knock down everything in his path.

At least we got him to go in through the back, but, uh...

It was like it didn't matter if he got caught or not.

It matters to me.

I'm already missing my daughter.

May the wile-wings take me

if I have to be without my husband as well.

I will need a horse at dawn.

[tense music playing]

Do you remember once, many years ago, when the fortress was intact

and the bailiff and his soldiers entered through that passage

you had opened for your friend?

I remember.

[muffled yelling]

[blades clattering]

My mother died that night.

It was my father who led the soldiers.

Our men had to pull back.

We couldn't crush the Mattis robbers once and for all, as we would have liked.

All went back to normal.

Until one day...

when my father and I ran into you in the forest.

[soldier groaning]

[horse neighing]

[Cappa screaming]

[robber laughing]

[Cappa] Do you remember that?

Do you remember what your father did to me?

Yes, I remember.

[Mattis's father] Little girl...

What is the name of your horse?

Huh?

I am losing my patience.

Tell me the name of your horse.

[Young Cappa] Jiri.

- [Mattis's father] What did you say? - Jiri.

[Cappa] You will die like my father.

[rope creaking]

[Cappa] I will find your daughter...

I hate you!

- ...bring her here... - I don't have a daughter.

...and she will lose her father

just as I did.

She's not my daughter.

That's not true.

[Valdir] I have given orders to get the gallows ready.

We'll hold off on hanging.

- [crowd clamoring outside] - You have been here almost a year.

Now you've finally caught some robbers.

And not just any robbers...

I know that.

What are we waiting for?

For me to say when they will hang.

This must be done right.

You work for me.

Not the other way around.

They will all hang tomorrow.

[heroic theme music playing]

BASED ON ASTRID LINDGREN'S BOOK

RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER

[horse snorts]

[Lovis] You're not coming.

Who's going with you then?

No one.

But, um, what happens if it doesn't go to plan?

Then you rush in before midday.

Do what you can.

[hooves clattering on cobblestones]

- [rooster crowing] - [bell tolling]

- [sheep bleating] - [indistinct chatter]

[man shouting] String him up!

[laughter]

[exhaling]

[sharpening blade]

- [grunting] - [door creaking]

[woman sobbing]

I am so sorry.

- [continues sobbing] - Can I help you?

Lovis.

- [Lovis] I just need to catch my breath. - [Gauto] Is everything all right?

Could I have some water?

[wheezing, coughs]

[coughs]

[intense music playing]

[muffled grunting]

No. No way!

[weak grunting]

[music continues]

The keys. The keys!

[Lovis] I'll see you in the forest.

Who are you?

I'm in charge of this village.

Then it's you I should complain to.

No one here, no help to be had, nothing.

And only four dirty robbers in there.

Come on! Come on. Come.

You're not from around here, are you?

No, fortunately.

I think I recognize you.

Maybe from when you put me in that pillory out there.

So it's you.

Yeah.

- [Valdir grunts] - [body thudding]

[Lovis] Mattis.

Let me make one thing clear for you.

You're not leaving me.

Not our daughter either.

My Mattis doesn't give up.

Not for anything. Not for anyone.

[shouts] Is that clear?

Right.

That's settled then.

[melancholy music playing]

[softly] I love you, Mattis.

[Mattis] Ow.

Remember, I have a wooden skull.

[Ronja laughing]

[Borka] There you are, Mattis.

I also come out here sometimes to look out over the forest.

My son is out there somewhere.

[chuckles ruefully]

I miss him like hell.

You look like you miss your daughter as well, Mattis.

- I have no daughter. - [Borka] Mm.

So you're sticking to that.

If Mattis says the sun doesn't rise in the morning,

it will never be bright and warm.

You think that if you say birds don't fly,

they will just run around on the ground like rats.

Things don't become true just because you say them, Mattis.

You have a daughter.

And you miss her!

[indistinct chatter]

[door creaking]

I don't understand how I could have let them escape.

But it wasn't your fault.

[banging on door]

[door opening]

[sighs]

You're done here.

Your assignment is finished.

[footsteps receding]

[door closing]

- [man 1] Filthy. Filthy. - [man 2] Get out of here.

[somber dirge playing]

- Get out of here! - [spitting]

- [man 3] You're from Hell.

- [man 1] Traitors. You traitors. - [man 2] Go on.

[villagers jeering]

[villagers laughing]

[man 1] Get out of here! Get out of here!

- Get out of here. Get out of here. - Get out.

Get out of our town.

[lute playing melody]

[Ronja] Birk, you're so slow.

[Ronja clears throat]

Lovis?

My child.

- Lovis! - Where have you been all day?

[laughing]

We've been watching out for Gobble Falls, Birk and I.

Come and say hi.

You don't greet uninvited guests.

My mother taught me that.

He's tired.

[laughs]

Come.

This is how we're living.

Nice, right?

Yes, it's nice.

- Mm-hmm. - Come.

[Lovis] Mm.

[Ronja] Hmm.

You know why I'm here.

- We're out of bread. - [Lovis chuckles]

You'll get bread when you come home.

I'm never coming home.

Then this will end with Mattis throwing himself in the river.

Would he jump because of me?

He won't even mention my name.

Not when he's awake.

But when he finally falls asleep, he cries in his sleep and calls your name.

You know, Ronja...

It's hard to watch someone suffer like that.

He only has himself to blame.

Mm.

That doesn't make him suffer less.

It makes it worse.

Would you go back to a father

who rejects you?

And who won't even say or hear your name?

When he didn't even ask you to?

No.

I wouldn't.

He would have to ask.

He would.

I want to fall asleep in your lap.

While you sing the "Wolf Song."

I tried teaching it to Birk,

but it's not the same thing.

[singing] ♪ Howling wolf In the nighttime wood ♪

♪ He longs for sleep but it won't come ♪

♪ His wolf belly aches for a bit of food ♪

♪ The chill of his den makes him numb ♪

♪ Oh wolf, oh wolf, keep away from here ♪

♪ Never shall you take my baby ♪

[instrumental melody continues]

[bird cawing]

Where's Lovis?

She left before it got dark.

What's wrong?

Ronja, I'm grieving.

What are you grieving?

That you are my sister,

entirely,

when the wile-wings scream and Gobble Falls roar.

But not when Mattis calls for you through his messengers.

[huffs]

That is not fair.

Fair or not,

that's how it feels.

[emotional music playing]

But you're still my brother, right?

Yes, I am.

But we only have this summer.

Why do you say we only have this summer?

There will be more.

That may be so.

But this one isn't over yet.

And nothing will ruin it.

Then you have to stop saying I'm not your sister,

because I am.

I'm sorry.

[music soars]

[chirping]

[Lovis] Would you like a warm drink?

[music fades]

Are you coming?

Mattis is back in his fortress.

[Cappa sighs]

What really happened with Father?

What does it have to do with Mattis?

[Young Cappa's screams echo]

[ominous music playing]

I am losing my patience. Tell me the name of your horse.

- [softly] Jiri. - What did you say?

Jiri.

- I didn't quite hear what you said. - [horse neighing]

Jiri.

[Mattis's father] Call the horse.

- [tearfully] Jiri. - [Mattis's father] What did you say?

[sobbing] Jiri!

There was nothing you could have done.

I didn't have to say the name.

Do you really think that would have made a difference?

Let's ride to the house by the stream. Together.

We have to forget about it.

Nothing good has happened since you started chasing him.

Maybe not.

But this is something I have to do.

Cappa.

Cappa!

[dramatic music playing]

I'm freezing to death.

It's coldest at dawn.

Why do we get up at dawn then?

Because the fish has to be retrieved before it spoils.

We're already short on food.

- [shivering] Yeah. - Come on.

[Cappa] Thank you for agreeing to meet.

What do you want?

What happened to the entrance to your part of the fortress?

It caved in, right?

No, it didn't cave in.

Mattis blew it up.

My soldiers can help you open it again.

What do you want in return?

I can also give you a title that gives you the right

to rob in certain parts of the forest.

As long as some of the loot goes to the village.

What do you want in return?

I want you to help me get rid of Mattis and his robbers once and for all.

And when they're all gone, you can take over the entire fortress.

[ominous music rises then fades out]

- [robbers grunting] - [Sturkas] Easy...

- Easy! - [grunting continues]

Come on. Put your back into it. Come on.

- [Knotas] No, no, no. Down, down, down. - Ow.

What are you doing?

- [Lovis] We're moving Ronja's bed. - Huh?

It's just taking up space when no one is using it, so...

Did I tell you I saw her?

[Sturkas] No? Well...

[clears throat]

When?

She and the boy are living in Bear Cave. They've been there all summer.

How is she?

Well, apparently they ran out of bread,

but they'll be all right.

They, uh, fish.

And hunt.

Everything you taught her.

[chuckles]

She's so clever.

I think she's grown a few inches over the summer.

She's so big now.

So beautiful.

I guess we'll have to see where they go now.

What do you mean?

They can't stay in Bear Cave when it gets cold.

They would freeze to death.

But I'm sure they'll figure it out.

Or someone could just ask her to come home again.

[Knotas] Yes, let's carry the bed upstairs.

- Shall we carry on? - [Sturkas] Yeah.

Put the bed back.

- [Lovis] But it's, uh... - It's staying here.

[robbers grunting]

[bed creaking]

[gentle music playing]

Mattis.

[Ronja gasps]

I have my child.

Am I your child now?

Yes, you are.

How I have cried for you day and night.

[Ronja sobs happily]

Is it true what Lovis says?

That you'll come home again if I just ask you?

Then I will ask now.

I ask you from the bottom of my heart, Ronja.

Come back home to me.

Birk Borkason.

Come here and let me have a word with you.

What do you want?

You come home with us as well.

It's not that I like you. Don't think that.

But my... my daughter does, and maybe I can get used to you.

No, thank you.

I have to talk to Birk.

Yeah, but be quick. We're going home.

"We're going home."

What home?

I'll never be the Mattis robbers' whipping boy.

Sometimes you're so stupid!

Would you rather freeze to death in Bear Cave?

Yeah, maybe I would.

- Since I can't be with you. - But you can be with me!

Life is precious.

If you stay here during winter, you'll waste yours.

And mine.

How would I waste yours?

If you stay, I stay.

Nothing can come between us, you know that.

My life is not worth much,

but wasting yours is the last thing I want to do.

Come with us then.

[Birk sighs]

I'll follow you wherever you go.

Even if I have to look at dirty Mattis robbers every day.

[Ronja sighs happily]

We'll move back out here next spring.

[Birk] Mattis! I want to go home first and check on Borka and Undis.

But thanks for letting me see Ronja whenever I want.

I've already started regretting it.

See you soon.

Every day.

Every day.

Bye.

[joyful music playing]

[Mattis clicks tongue]

[music fades]

[emotional music playing]

I've missed you.

[indistinct chattering]

[robber] He needs it, he's working. What are you doing?

[robbers slurping]

[chuckling]

Oh...

My daughter is back.

- What? - Ha-ha!

- What? - Is she back?

And you will cheer and give her a big welcome

or you'll have me to answer to.

[all cheering]

[upbeat music playing]

[laughing, cheering]

[all continue cheering]

Aw...

[indistinct chatter]

[robber] I'm so pleased.

[laughing] I missed you.

So you're back, huh?

- I'm back. - [laughs] Yeah.

There are some things that are just wrong.

Like a Mattis Fortress without a Ronja, for example.

- Or a Skully-Per. - [chuckling]

Someone else will be the toothless old one eventually.

But there is no one else who can take your place.

[Ronja] Doodly-doodly-doodly-doo.

[Skully-Per chuckling] My little Ronja.

[sniffling]

[emotional flute music playing]

Can you get the washing tub out for me?

I bet you've never seen a filthier child.

I'm already warming up the water.

You think of everything.

Yes.

Yes, I do, actually.

[music intensifies]

[Mattis] Only the children.

Only the children.

And if I see a Borka robber put even a toe on this side,

I'll chop it off.

The same goes here.

[Ronja laughing]

[both laughing]

[Mattis] Hmm.

Only the children, Borka.

Don't get any ideas.

Only the children. So they can see each other during winter.

[Ronja giggling]

- [Ronja] You have to wait. - [Birk] Oh, you'll never catch up with me.

[patrons laughing, chatting]

Look at that, a familiar face. Why are you back?

I'm looking for people who can fight.

[scoffs] You can count me out.

You did your best when I was here. So...

I want to give you an opportunity.

An opportunity? For what?

To get rich.

You can share everything we find in Mattis Fortress.

They've been robbing year after year after year.

The fortress should be full of riches.

All I want is Mattis and the girl.

- You haven't given up. - Never.

[tense music playing]

[music intensifies]

[music fades]

[sniffs]

Mmm. Mm.

Hmm...

[spits]

[pounding hooves approaching]

[fly buzzing]

[hooves pounding fades]

- What is it? - I thought I heard something.

[hooves pounding]

[Fjosok] They're attacking! The rocks! The rocks. The rocks!

[dramatic music playing]

- [horses neighing] - [rocks thudding]

[Fjosok] We had to.

They came by horse and there were more of them behind.

You did well.

Yeah, good. But now we can't get out.

Thing is, winter is approaching

and we haven't been out hunting or robbing for a long time.

Damn it.

Are any of them trapped under there?

No, they stopped just before the rocks.

I see.

Ah.

What...

Could...

Could it have been on purpose?

To shut us in?

[tense dramatic music playing]

[music fades]