Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

Ronja Rövardotter (1984)

Timing: 2:6 (126 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

1984-12-14

Country

Sweden, Norway

Production

SVT, SF Studios, Norsk Film, FilmTeknik, Svenska Ord

Genre

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Family

Budget

$18 000 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Tage Danielsson

Actors

Hanna Zetterberg, Dan Håfström, Börje Ahlstedt, Lena Nyman, Per Oscarsson, Med Reventberg, Allan Edwall, Ulf Isenborg, Björn Wallde, Henry Ottenby
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Waldemar Bergendahl

Operator

Rune Ericson

Composer

Björn Isfält

Artist

Audition

Editing

Jan Persson
All team (20)

• Preliminary work on the film began even before the completion and publication of Astrid Lindgren's book in 1981. Olle Hellborn was supposed to direct it, but he unexpectedly died in June 1982 at the stage of searching for funding sources and pre-production. There was talk that the production of the film would have to be completely shut down, however, too much money had already been invested in it and the work was decided to continue.
• "Ronja, the Robber's Daughter" became the highest-grossing film of 1984 in Sweden. The film's total box office revenue in Sweden alone exceeded its production and release preparation costs by more than twice.
• It was the first Swedish film to use computer special effects. They were used to create terrifying flying creatures resembling vultures that hunt Ronja and Birk.
• The version of the film released on Swedish television two years later was twenty minutes longer than the theatrical release. Unlike it, it also did not receive any age restrictions. The original was not recommended for viewers under 7 years of age.
• Well-known Swedish composer Björn Isfält appears in a cameo as the minstrel of a wealthy baroness who is robbed by bandits at the beginning of the film.
• The final scene of the film was shot last.
• For the scene where the robbers run out into the snow to bathe naked, two large portable saunas were installed and camouflaged in the cave. The actors sat inside, and on command, the doors were thrown open and they ran out into the snow.
• To play the role of the oldest robber, Per Lysuh, the renowned Swedish actor Alan Edwall was forced to adhere to a very strict diet. It took around four hours each day to apply his makeup.
• Director Tage Danielsson read excerpts from Astrid Lindgren's book to the actors and crew every morning. This was done to better prepare them for the scenes scheduled for that day.
• Almost all outdoor scenes were filmed in various mountainous and forested regions in southwestern Sweden. The duel between Mattis and Bork was filmed in the Stockholm suburb of Solna. Several scenes were also shot in the abandoned limestone mine of Ticarpsgrottan near the town of Hässleholm in central Sweden. Studio filming took place in Stockholm and Oslo.