Ronia the Robber's Daughter

Ronja the Robber's Daughter ( Original title: Ronja Rövardotter ) is a children's book of the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, published in 1981. The original illustrations are by Ilon Wikland. The book has been translated into numerous languages ​​and an international success.

Action

Ronja is the daughter of the robber chief Mattis and his wife Lovis. It grows on the Matti Matti castle in the forest along with their parents and their band of robbers, until she meets one day Borkasohn Birk, the son of the warring robber chief Borka and his wife Undis. Their gang that Borkaräuber has taken root in a building part of Matt's Fort, which was separated on the day of birth Ronjas by a lightning strike from the main building. This part has since been referred to as Borkafeste.

By helping each other in difficult situations, Ronja and Birk quickly be best friends, much to the annoyance of her warring parents, who oppose the profound friendship of the children. As Mattis Birk captures and Ronja therefore voluntarily enters into the hands of Borka, escalated the conflict between the two clans. Ronja and Birk pull together in the bear cave in the forest.

Mattis ' longing for his daughter finally moved him to contact Borka in dialogue in order to resolve the conflict. Mattis wants Ronja also robber is, but Ronja holds, as Birk, the robber craft very little and ultimately decides against this way of life.

Filming

The book was very successful in 1984 filmed by Tage Danielsson for the cinema. On television, the film was aired as a mini series.

Musical

1994 celebrated the music composed by Axel Bergstedt musical Ronja its premiere.

Anime

In January 2014 it was announced that the Japanese television station NHK is working on the production of an Anime implementation of the story to be broadcast in the fall of 2014. Director lead for the project is Gorō Miyazaki.