Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (TV-series)
The first six episodes of Ronja the Robber's Daughter premiered on the 28th of March 2024, the series is divided into two parts with a total of twelve 45-minute episodes. Hans Rosenfeldt ('The Bridge', 'Marcella') is behind the script based on Astrid Lindgren's novel and the series is directed by Lisa James Larsson ('Victoria', 'A Royal Affair'). "Ronja the Robber's Daughter" is produced by Bonnie Skoog Feeney and Mattias Arehn ('Björnstad') for Filmlance International, and in the lead role as Ronja, we see Kerstin Linden.
Ronja the Robber’s Daughter follows the adventures of a spirited and rebellious girl born into a gang of robbers in a medieval Scandinavian castle. As Ronja grows up, she discovers the magical, but dangerous forest with its strange and mysterious creatures. Yet she feels more at home in the forest than behind the walls of the huge castle. When Ronja meets the young boy Birk from a rival gang, it marks the beginning of a dark family feud and a forbidden friendship emerges, all while a notorious bailiff arrives to rid the forest of robbers once and for all.
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Fact
Astrid Lindgren in Germany
In 1949, the young German publisher Friedrich Oetinger was in Stockholm to meet the author Gunnar Myrdal. In a bookstore, he happened to hear about Pippi Langstrumpf. The rest is history – he requested a meeting with Astrid Lindgren and obtained a German option for the Pippi trilogy. Verlag Friedrich Oetinger in Hamburg still publishes all of Astrid Lindgren's children's books, and her great popularity in Germany remains intact. The film adaptations of her books were, in several cases, German co-productions, and they are still shown on German TV, especially around Christmas. Several of Astrid Lindgren's songs are very well known in their German translations, such as "Hey Pippi Langstrumpf!".