Original subtitles

Have you gone completely mad, Mattis?

What's on your mind?

That we fight everyone.

It would be nice to have someone on our side.

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.

- My daughter is back! - [robbers cheering]

[Skully-Per] There are some things that are just wrong.

Like a Mattis Fortress without a Ronja, for example.

Or a Skully-Per.

Only the children, Borka.

Don't get any ideas.

[children laughing]

[Borka] Only the children.

- Who is Jiri? - My horse.

[Mattis's father] Call the horse.

[horse neighing]

[Young Cappa, softly] Jiri...

[Smavis] There was nothing you could've done.

I didn't have to say the name.

Let's ride to the house by the stream.

Together.

This is something I have to do.

- Good morning, Borkason. - Good morning, Robber's Daughter.

[cheerful music playing]

[robbers indistinctly chattering]

[Ronja] Good morning, Borka robbers.

[laughs]

That girl...

Our son could have someone much better.

That's what your mother said about me.

[Undis] Yes. She did say that.

See to it that you can start robbing again.

We can't clear out Wolf Narrows before winter.

Why not?

We can only work from one end.

On the other side, the soldiers are waiting.

Let's clear those out first.

They are too many.

We don't stand a chance.

We've been fighting the sheriffs and the soldiers for so long,

that sooner or later one of them will have to defeat us.

Over my dead body.

We might not need to go that far.

- If you reconciled, you and Borka... - [robbers muttering skeptically]

- [robber 1] Good idea. - [robber 2] Is it?

Well, no skin off my back.

Be quiet.

One single strong band of robbers would probably be able to handle

that sheriff and all of her soldiers.

And who do you think

would be the chief of the only band of robbers in the forest, huh?

- Me, of course. - Yeah...

[robbers laughing]

But I'm not sure little Borka understands that.

[robbers laugh]

So show him.

A Battle of Beasts, you'll surely win.

You ox.

[robbers murmuring agreement]

[Chegge] Mattis.

Borka wants to speak to you up by Hell's Mouth.

[Mattis] Hmm.

What do you want?

The sheriff and soldiers hold the forest.

We can't get anywhere without getting shot at.

They're everywhere.

They won't let a poor robber make a living.

We have to teach them some manners.

We can't go on like this.

No, we can't go on like this.

I've been thinking.

Is that so?

I've thought of something really cunning.

I'll believe it when I hear it.

[Mattis] I'm thinking we could...

band together.

For once it wasn't complete idiocy that came out of your mouth.

One strong robber band with one strong chief.

- That's it. - That's it.

I am strong.

And resourceful.

[chuckling]

And funny. You're funny as well.

I'll show you who's fit to be chief.

I'll mess him up so that not even Undis can recognize him afterwards!

Yeah, brag when you're on your way home.

[breathing heavily]

- I won't be watching you mess him up. - You're not allowed to anyway.

[Skully-Per] Custom dictates that women and children should be kept away.

[Lovis] If it was just for custom, we would have come along.

But I can think of 20 things I'd rather do

than watch you beat the blood out of each other.

I'll be doing the beating, Borka will be doing the bleeding.

[robbers laughing]

[Mattis] You'll come, won't you, Skully-Per?

[Skully-Per] No, I don't know.

A Battle of Beasts will cheer you up. Come on, old man.

Yeah, well... All right, all right.

Mwah!

Lovis.

Wish me good luck, my little dove.

I don't like you robbing,

but I like you fighting even less.

But now we will show them

who is the mightiest and strongest chief of robbers

in all the mountains and forests!

[robbers cheering, laughing]

[robbers yelling]

[dramatic choral music playing]

[robbers yelling encouragement]

[stick tapping]

[music stops]

Now we will work out who is most suited to be chief.

- [robbers yelling] - Yeah!

In a Battle of Beasts,

ah, all tricks and shameful tactics are allowed.

[robbers cheering]

You can break and pry

and scratch and tear.

Kicking is also allowed.

But

not in the groin.

[robbers booing]

[Skully-Per] Anyone who resorts to such an act of cruelty

loses immediately.

Are you ready?

[robbers yelling affirmatively]

[robbers grunting rhythmically]

[clangs]

Borka swine!

[spits]

- [grunts] - [robbers cheering]

- [energetic music playing] - [yelling]

[grunting]

Labbas! [yells]

- [groans] - [robbers yelling]

[Mattis yelling]

[grunting]

- [grunts] - [dull thud]

Oh!

Borka!

You don't need ears, Mattis. You never listen anyway.

Get up. Come on now!

[both grunting]

[grunting]

[laughing]

Time to sleep, Borka.

[music intensifies]

[grunting]

Ah!

[groaning]

Ah! [grunts]

[all yelling]

[grunting]

You keep the name and honor of a chief.

And you can order your men as you wish.

But my word is above yours from now on.

Don't you forget that.

[Mattis robbers cheering]

Yeah!

[cheering continues]

- [gasps, groans] - [music fades]

[Lovis] Don't be silly.

If you can get yourself these injuries, you can dress them.

- You didn't see the Battle of Beasts. - Mm. I'm happy about that.

Let's see your arm.

I thought he would fight harder.

Well, be happy that he didn't.

I wonder if he's up to something devilish.

[heroic theme music playing]

BASED ON ASTRID LINDGREN'S BOOK

RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER

[tense music playing]

[shivering]

- [rooster crowing] - [indistinct chattering]

Perhaps I should start putting my new robbers to work.

I was thinking of appointing Borka as head latrine emptier.

What do you think?

[robbers laughing]

What do you gain by demeaning and mocking your new robbers?

What do I gain?

[Lovis] Yeah. What do you gain?

I have some fun.

And 13 angry, fully-grown, armed men who you hope to make use of in the future.

Who will become part of this band of robbers.

This family.

I wasn't being serious.

It was more of a playful thought.

Let it stop there.

[Skully-Per chuckling]

[Mattis] Having fun is never allowed.

[robbers laugh]

- [soldier] Come on! Come on! - [wagon scraping]

[soldier] Put your back into it!

We're almost at the entrance to the fortress.

So I kept my part of the bargain.

You kept one part of the bargain.

[Cappa scoffs]

The charter will take a little longer.

Really? Is that right?

Yes, it is.

I'll have to be patient then.

We have a deal.

We sure do.

[Fjosok snoring]

- There he is. - [Jutis] Anything going on?

[chuckling] No, it's all calm and quiet here.

[yawns]

[horse neighing in distance]

[soldier yelling indistinctly]

Joen, someone's coming!

There are loads of them.

- [Fjosok] They weren't here before. - No, but they're here now.

Tell Mattis.

Mattis...

Wolf Narrows is swarming with soldiers!

What are they doing?

[Fjosok] Nothing yet, but there's something going on.

Take Skully-Per and hide.

Everyone to Wolf Narrows. Reinforce the gates.

- [Fjosok] Fast! - [robber] Quickly!

Hide.

- Are you coming? - No. No.

Ah, I've done enough hiding in my life.

- You do as you wish. - Yes, you're right about that.

[clears throat]

[doors closing]

It's nice to have some peace and quiet.

[slurping]

[dramatic music playing]

What are they doing here?

Don't you worry about that.

Are they going to Mattis Fortress?

[soldier] Come on. Let's go.

Across the bridge?

[soldier yelling] Borka!

[Birk grunting] Let go of me.

- [grunting] - Lock him up until it's over.

[soldiers yelling indistinctly]

[tense music playing]

[Lovis] Stay here. Promise.

Where are you going?

Stay here.

[Borka] That's the entrance to the Mattis Fortress.

[Cappa] Finally.

[horse neighing]

[men chattering indistinctly]

Damn it!

You stay here. I'll secure the fortress.

I'll cross first.

You'll follow with Borka.

[soldier] Understood.

[robbers yelling]

[grunting]

[tense music continues]

Let's go.

Wait

[soldiers screaming]

[screams echoing]

[Mattis] What was that?

[wile-wings screeching]

Tasty little human child!

[wile-wing screeching]

Did you let soldiers in?

For a short while, yes.

But now most of them are down there.

So you joined the enemy?

I meant what I said, Mattis.

We had to teach them some manners.

We're one band of robbers, and you're the chief.

[wile-wings screeching in distance]

Thank you.

Why didn't you tell him about the bailiff?

That's Mattis' fight.

Where is my sister?

Taking a back route other side of the fortress.

Stabbing them in the back.

[Mattis] Listen up, soldiers!

You're waiting for your soldier friends to attack us from behind.

But you are waiting in vain!

Because they are all at the bottom, the very bottom, of Hell's Mouth!

And unless you want to join them, I suggest you get out of here!

Because this is the Mattis Forest.

And I am Mattis!

- Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! - [robbers yelling]

[yelling, spits]

[music fades]

Lovis?

Lovis?

[ominous music playing]

[Ronja screams]

[Mattis yelling] Ronja!

Ronja!

Ronja, you can come out.

Who are you?

You have to come with me.

Why would I do that?

Because my sister has your daughter.

Don't you touch my child.

- Mattis! - [Mattis] Where is she?

- Ronja! - [Ronja] Mattis!

I'm here now. Let her go.

[Ronja panting]

[Cappa] I will. Eventually.

Drop your sword.

What do you want? I'll do anything.

- I want you to go and stand by the ledge. - No! No!

Your daughter will see her father die,

just like I had to.

Cappa, I'm sorry for what my father did.

And still you turned out like him.

[Ronja whimpering]

I'm not like him.

He was a cold and cruel person.

I am not my father!

Stand by the ledge!

[Ronja whimpering]

[Cappa] Stand on the ledge.

- Jump or I'll drop her. - [yelling]

Ronja!

- [Cappa] Look at him! - [sobbing]

Help! Mattis!

[wile-wing screeching]

[wile-wing] The little human child!

- Don't do this. - [Ronja whimpering]

[Cappa] Jump! I'll drop her!

Ah! Mattis!

[wile-wing] Wonderful! The human child is ours.

I've been waiting for this my entire life.

Cappa, don't do it!

Ronja!

[Ronja] Please, Cappa! Let us be!

[wile-wing] She's ours! Let us scratch and tear her!

- [screeching] - [Ronja screams]

She's just a child.

It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.

- It doesn't matter! - Ah!

Just like you were, Cappa...

the time our father died.

You were just a child.

[Ronja whimpering]

[Smavis] Cappa...

[yelps]

[Smavis] Children don't carry the blame for the actions of adults.

[Cappa panting]

[Ronja sobbing]

[Smavis] It wasn't your fault, Cappa.

[emotional music playing]

[Ronja sobbing]

[wile-wings screeching faintly]

[music fades]

[faint merrymaking]

[playing upbeat music]

[Mattis] I came so close to losing her today.

[Borka] I recognized Cappa.

As soon as I saw her, I recognized her.

It was her father who took you from me.

You remember.

[melancholy music playing]

[Borka] You remember the night when your mother died.

You always believed that I was the one who led the soldiers there.

But that's not what happened.

[muffled screams of anguish]

[Borka] The soldiers discovered our secret entrance,

and it was Cappa's father who led that attack against you.

- [men yelling] - [weapons clattering]

[Borka] When he killed your mother, I knew I would never get

the chance to explain myself.

I have never betrayed you, Mattis.

Not ever.

Not then.

Maybe later.

When you turned into such a darn scoundrel.

All these years...

we could have been friends.

We're friends now.

[robbers laughing]

[Mattis] Listen up!

[pounding]

Brother Borka.

[robbers cheering]

- From now on, we are brothers. - Again.

Again.

[all cheering]

[Mattis] So let's toast!

To the mightiest band of robbers in all the mountains and all the forests!

Their leader and his brother!

[all cheer]

[upbeat music resumes]

Ah!

[Mattis] Ronja, come here.

I was just saying to my brother here that he shouldn't be sad

that the Battle of Beasts didn't go well for him.

It was worth it.

Yes. The Borka line will see better times.

Mm. And when we're not around anymore,

then the snake spaw...

Your son will be the next chief.

Because my daughter doesn't want to.

No, I don't.

Even though your family has always done this.

Even so.

You heard her.

But you think Birk wants to be a robber's chief?

[Borka] He does.

I swear on everything...

to never become a robber,

whatever may happen.

[music continues]

[music crescendos, fades]

- [rooster crowing] - [groaning]

[groans]

[fly buzzing]

[coughing]

[Mattis] Hmm.

There's still food left.

Isn't Skully-Per up yet?

No.

He's usually up so early.

[Skully-Per moaning]

Skully-Per?

Old man.

[yelling] Lovis!

Old people should not sit

and freeze their bottoms off at Battles of Beasts,

and they should not dance half the night.

But they're both...

They're both so enjoyable.

It would be enjoyable if you were to get on your feet again.

Well, Mattis, we'll have to see about that.

[groaning]

Ooh. Ah, ah, ah.

[snoring]

Oh... [chuckles]

Oh. Oh, my pride and joy. [chuckles]

Please tell me what you and that little Borka robber

get up to out there.

He's not a Borka robber.

And he never will be.

No. That...

That's a comfort for my old heart.

That neither of you want to be robbers.

But you should make a living

where you don't risk being hanged every day.

Or that people get angry or start crying as soon as they see me.

I really couldn't bear that.

No, my child.

You couldn't bear that.

No, I need to rest now, Ronja.

[emotional music playing]

Not even the soup can drive the cold from his body.

Well, not that he ate very much though.

Sturkas, Labbas, Chegge.

This will get you warm.

[playing gentle tune]

[Ronja] No.

[indistinct chatter]

[dice clattering]

It's lively in here.

[exhaling]

Uh-huh.

Soon it will be a little less.

Would you like to be somewhere quieter?

No.

This is exactly what I would like

while I'm waiting.

[chuckles weakly]

[Mattis] Why don't you cure him?

Because I can't.

What's wrong with him?

Old age.

Is this when he dies?

Yes.

[inhales, sobs]

No.

[sobbing]

No.

I won't allow it.

You decide a lot, Mattis.

But you don't decide on this.

[sad music playing]

[Skully-Per groaning]

[moaning]

[continues moaning]

[Skully-Per exhales deeply]

[men snoring]

Wake up, everyone.

He wants to see us now.

[music continues]

[Skully-Per] It's late.

But...

I wanted to see you all

before I leave.

[exhales weakly]

[Ronja gasps]

No.

[inhales]

[all murmuring]

So now, dear friends, I say...

thank you.

And goodbye.

[chuckles weakly]

[stops breathing]

[Lovis and Ronja sobbing]

[sad lute music playing]

[robbers sobbing]

[sobbing]

He's always been here.

[Ronja sobbing]

And now he's not.

Not a day has gone by without him by my side.

[Mattis sniffling]

Now he's not here.

[sobbing]

No one is there forever.

We're born,

we die.

It's how it has always been.

But I miss him.

I miss him so it aches in my chest.

[all sobbing]

[music intensifies]

[bucolic music playing]

[music fades]

Comfort me, Ronja.

[sobbing]

It will be spring soon.

Everything is better in spring.

[blowing raspberry]

[slow hopeful fiddle music playing]

[bird chirping]

[joyful flute playing]

[Ronja laughing] Whoo!

[horses neighing]

[joyful music playing]

[ducks quacking]

[robbers chatting indistinctly]

[pigs oinking]

[robbers laughing]

[Lovis] It will be fine.

Ronja, my little dove.

It's spring now.

[Mattis] I know.

The wonderful robber's life has finally started again.

Spring means it's time for me and Birk to move.

[slurping]

To Bear Cave.

It is nice, my old cave.

There's no better place to live in summer.

Do you know what I want you to do while you're there?

No.

What do you want me to do while I'm there?

Think about what you want to do, since you don't want to be a robber.

Is that what you want?

Yes, it is.

[sighs happily]

But you have to come home again come autumn, like you usually do.

I'll do what I usually do.

[Mattis] Ronja...

[kisses]

[melancholy flute music playing]

One eye to the sky.

[yelling]

[music soaring]

[music continues]

[music fades]