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Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Ronja, the Robber´s Daughter (1984)
Ronja was born after a very stormy night to the bandit leader Mattis. Lightning from the storm struck Mattis's castle and split it in half, one half of which gets settled by a hostile gang of robbers lead by Borka. His son Birk was born the same night as Mattis's daughter. The two kids meet and they become best friends. The feud between the gangs continues, so the children decide to run away. Mattis disowns Ronja, but he later appears and asks Ronja for forgiveness and soon the two bandit gangs join together and organize a hunt for the soldiers who threaten them in the woods. In the end, they decide to join forever and Mattis and Borkou fight over who will be the leader...
| Country | Norway, Sweden |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Duration | 126 min |
| Rating | 8 |
| Language | Czech |
| Subtitle | No subtitles |
| Directed by | Tage Danielsson |
| Screenplay | Astrid Lindgren |
| Director of Photography | Rune Ericson, Pelle Svensson |
| Music | Björn Isfält |
| Edited by | Jan Persson |
| Contact | The Swedish Film Institute |
Biography
A director, screenwriter, actor, he graduated from Uppsala University. He made entertainment programs and shot a number of TV films, series and shows. He shot, e.g. the feature films The Apple War (Äppelkriget, 1971), The Adventures of Picasso (Picassos äventyr, 1978) and Ronja Robbersdaughter (Ronja Rövardotter, 1984).