Ronja Rövardotter (1984)

Director:

Tage Danielsson

Writers:

Astrid Lindgren (novel)
Astrid Lindgren (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 May 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Astrid Lindgrens rövarsaga, vildmarkssaga, kärlekssaga

Plot:

In the plot description for this movie it is suggested that Borka and his band are a breakaway-unit from Mattis's band of robbers...

Plot Keywords:

Forest | Lightning | Friendship | Male Female Relationship | Bathing

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Hanna Zetterberg	...	Ronja
Dan Håfström	...	Birk (also as Dick Håfström)
Börje Ahlstedt	...	Mattis
Lena Nyman	...	Lovis
Per Oscarsson	...	Borka
Med Reventberg	...	Undis
Allan Edwall	...	Skalle-Per
Ulf Isenborg	...	Fjosok
Henry Ottenby	...	Knotas
Björn Wallde	...	Sturkas
Tommy Körberg	...	Lill-Klippen
Rune Andersson	...	Turre
Claes Janson	...	Tjorm
Bo Bergstrand	...	Joen
Rolf Dahlgren	...	Pelje

Also Known As:

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (UK)
Ronja Røverdatter (Norway)
Ronja Robbersdaughter (USA)

Runtime:

126 min | 144 min | Germany:135 min (3 parts)

Country:

Sweden | Norway

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Norway:7 | Iceland:L | Finland:K-7 | Sweden:7 | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Dalby Söderskog, Dalby, Skåne län, Sweden

Company:

FilmTeknik

Trivia:

All of Mattis' robbers were played by music people, singers, artists and guitar players, since singing were so integrated with the story.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The castle wall wobbles when Matti throws apples at it.

Quotes:

Fjosok: What will her name be?
Lovis: Ronja. Like I've already decided long ago.
Lill-Klippen: But what if it had been a boy?
Lovis: If I've said that my child's name will be Ronja, it will be a Ronja.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Den levande skogen (1966)

excellent movie, great family fun

We watch this movie every year in December at the U film society (mnfilmarts.org) It's got English subtitles too. I just can't figure out where they got it. I only see a reference to an apparently non-existent US distributor called 1900 distributing. I just bought a DVD of it from a UK web site. Swedish language only. My wife understands Swedish, my son and I will have to learn ;). After an exhaustive online search, I found it available in all the Scandanavian languages on DVD and German on VHS. Sigh. Bloody thing is ONLY in region 2 and pal format too of course... Double sigh... Still, HIGHLY recommended. I suppose someday we'll see the film version with subtitles released on DVD.