All language subtitles for Sidasti baerinn í dalnum

In my childhood home,
when I was a little girl,

I often sat next to my grandmother

when she span the wool
and told me her stories.

You have woken up, dear Sólrún.

Where is little Bergur?

Bergur went up to his
little farm

And I'm going to bring the cows.

Well my dear, that sounds good.

Bergur!

Bergur!

Bergur!

Bergur!

Bergur!

Bergur, Bergur!

Are you always playing
with your farm?

Look at how the cows are behaving.

Oh, yes. I have built a
new fence.

Bergur.

Shall we go play with
Little Red?

Yes, let's do that.

Come here.

Take a bow dear Red.
Yes, that's it.

Come on in, my children!

Don't you want to
have something to eat?

But far into the valley
lied the terror of the farmers,

a dark and terrible mountain hammer.

called Tröllaborg,

where the trolls Kolur and
Ketta lived in a cave.

The trolls had
set themselves a goal

to get rid of every farmer
from the valley.

But the valley was beautiful
and plenty of good farmland

and now it was on the brink
of complete desolation,

due to the tyranny
of the trolls.

All the farmers had left
except for Björn.

And many signs could be seen
of abandoned farmland.

Fallen houses...

Overgrown trails...

only wasteland.

But Björns farm
was still full of life

And old Gerður was happy
to see lush soil.

She felt safe
from the tyranny of the trolls

because she had in her possession
a magical object

which had been passed down
in her family and possessed the power

that no evil spirits
would harm those

that had it in their possession

The ring Elvensspirit.

We have to get ring
from the old hag.

All the farmers have given up
except for Björn.

And I have a trick to
chase him away.

You disguise yourself as
a human man

and get yourself hired as a worker
on the farm

and you steal the ring
from the old hag.

Are you going to send me on
such a silly trip, woman?

Skulduggery alone is
worthy of trolls.

You shut up, idiot!

It is the only way
to get the ring.

You need to go now,
without delay.

All right then, you old twat.

You win.

Hey, look there!
There is a man coming!

What are you saying, Bergur?
A man coming?

Oh yes, you are right.
We have a visitor coming.

Good day sir.
How are you doing.

Hello there,
and who may you be?

My name is Grímar,
I come from the north

Hello there children.

They are shy, these blessed children.
I'm not surprised.

I'm sure there aren't many
guests that travel here.

Oh no. You speak the truth.

We don't get many travelers here.

But tell me, how is
your living situation now?

I'm actually looking to be
hired as a worker.

I've worked with the same farmer
most of my life

but now his children have
come of age

and he doesn't need me anymore.

But why am I delaying you
in your job?

It would be more decent of me
to help you

to get the boulder in
the gap over there.

Or is it not where you
would like it to sit?

Oh, yes, you say it correctly.

But heavier is the boulder
then you have in mind.

Let us see, my friend.

I venture to guess that
I will lift the bastard by myself.

I've taken on bigger loads
that this one.

What's all this commotion children?

We have a guest, grandmama,
it's a stranger.

And he is mighty strong.

He put the big stone in the
gap all by himself.

And you know what, Snati was acting
so strange and growled at him.

I have a bad feeling about
this stranger.

A bad omen is with people
that dogs are scared of.

But let's leave it at that.

How do you do.

How do you do.

We have a good visitor in our house.

Please bring him a glass of milk
before we go to eat.

I must say, Grímar, that
I have never seen anything like

what you did when you
lifted that boulder.

I know a thing or two around
the farm,

and I would be happy to work
for you if you will have me.

Thank you.

I have hired a worker.

His name is Grímar and
is sitting across from us.

I hope you will like your
stay here, Grímar.

Let us now walk outside.

Such slow work is not enough
when making horseshoes

if I am to impress Björn.

How do you do, Grímar.

How do you do.

You are very productive, Grímar.

Have you made all these
horseshoes this morning?

Yes, that I have.

It is only fair to work
hard for ones food.

I believe that you know more skills
that most other men.

I don't expect that you are also
a good fox hunter?

You have guessed correctly.

The little beast has not
bothered them in the north

since I was there.

I am very lucky to get such a
man for a worker.

Because I have a cunning and
vicious fox up in the mountains.

Now I can finally hunt him down

since I have you as a helper.

To tell you the truth, I've
hesitated to go on the hunt.

I am reluctant to lie alone
at night in the highlands.

Who knows, maybe the skag at Tröllaborg
and her husband

may become aware of me

and then there is no question
of the outcome.

I am not frightened by the trolls,

especially if we are well
equipped with weapons.

As a good foxhunter
ought to do.

You speak the truth, Grímar.

We shall go in the next few days

This utter laziness
shall come to a stop.

Help.

Help!

Help!

Help!

My hat! My helmet!

My invisibility helmet!
It's floating down the river!

Hurry up, you can catch it!

Please hurry, my good lad.
Yes, hurry!

Here you go, I got your hat.

Thank you my dear boy,
thank you.

But don't call it a hat.

Because this is my invisibility helmet.

Invisibility helmet?
What is that?

You see, it's a very useful
headdress.

Look here.

Pay good attention.

Now you can't see me!

I am invisible!

You can't see me!

Now you can't see me!
I have disappeared!

How did you do that?

You disappeared!

Yes, it's thanks to my
invisibility helmet.

When I put him on my capital
then you can't see me.

But why do I keep blabbering,
old and frail dwarf that I am.

It's thanks to you that
I got my invisibility helmet back.

Isn't your name Bergur,
my dear boy?

Yes, my name is Bergur

And... are you a dwarf?

Can you show me anything
else strange and funny?

Yes, I probably can,
my dear Bergur.

Let me see.

Follow me up to the patch
over there

where you will see something
amazing.

Just up there.

Look carefully and
pay good attention... look!

This is my clever boy Blámi.

The best horse in
all of elfland!

He is such a treasure.

Why don't I quickly
jump on his back?

Like that, yes.

There you go!

Now we will let him
disappear again.

I have to give you a better
reward for my invisibility helmet.

Come with me to the queen elf
in Fögrubjörg.

What do you say about that?

Well, I'm not allowed to go,

but I'm going to go with you anyway.
You are such a good man.

Yes, my dear boy.

Let's go.

There you can see Fögrubjörg.
We are almost there!

There lives the elf queen,
and all her elves with her.

Let's continue.

Go over there,
my dear boy,

and now we will knock on the door.

Pay attention.

Blessings to you, Bergur.

Don't be startled.

I appreciate your loyalty to us elves,

and your loyalty to the valley.

Be assured, dear Bergur, that whenever
you are in danger

I will protect you.

Now I must reward you for helping
my dear friend Rindill.

Allow me to see your leg bone.

If you are in need of my help

then rub the stone on the bone
with your thumb

and I will appear to you.

If you need to open a lock

then knock three times on
the lock with the bone

and it shall open.

Now, dear Bergur, I will invite you
into my elf-hill

and we will see

if I can't show you something
entertaining.

Now you will see an elf dance.

Farwell and may happiness
follow you always.

Goodbye and thank you very much.

Goodbye, my dear boy.
We will probably see each other again.

God bless you.

Where have you been, Bergur?

I've been looking
everywhere for you.

If only you knew!
Do you want to see something?

Where did you go? Wow, let
me see what you have!

Amazing, where did you
find such a beautiful leg bone?

When I was up by the river this morning

I met a dwarf,
can you believe that?

He was a funny fellow.

He walked with me far away
where we met an elf queen!

An elf queen and a dwarf?
You are not telling the truth!

I am, it's all true!

And the elf queen changed
my bone like this.

And with it I can open any lock.

Or, that's what she told me.

Let's go home.

Let's try it on the door
to the smithy.

I'm sure it will open
if we put the bone on it.

Look at this!

Pay attention!
Yes.

This was very strange.

You have to tell me more about
the dwarf and the elf queen.

The elf queen had the most
beautiful crown and neckless

and the dwarf had a very
nice beard and was this tall.

Really?

Oh, this is so difficult
grandma.

I think I will never
learn to knit.

Don't talk like that. You just
need to practice, my dear Sólrún.

Practice makes perfect.

But now you must go to bed, my
dear children. It's getting very late.

Yes, you are right.
Grandma, will you tell us a story?

Yes, I can do that,
but be quick to take your clothes off.

Once upon a time there was a man
and women in their cottage

and a king and queen
in their kingdom.

They had one son but the man
and woman had one daughter...

Grandmother, grandmother.

There was someone sneaking
past your bed.

I think it was Grímar.

Grímar you say.

That's what I suspected.

Let's leave it at that.
Go back to sleep, my dear Bergur.

Well, do you finally have the
ring, my loyal husband?

Oh, no.
I was not successful.

What are you saying, stupid fool.

You didn't get the ring?

Then why have you come?
You can be such a damned idiot.

It's not as easy
as you think, woman.

The grandmother watches
over the ring like a hawk.

Maybe you want to try
for yourself?

You say that, you
pathetic excuse of a man.

You can be such a coward.

Yes, I see that I must finish
the job myself.

But, I must figure out a trick
that will be useful.

You need to be back at the farm

before dawn.

And I will come later, yes.
But there is just one problem.

How can we arrange for my arrival
without raising any suspicion.

I forgot to tell you one thing.

Björn and I are going
foxhunting up the mountain.

You damn fool! Couldn't you
blurt this out earlier?

I know a trick

I'm suspicious of Grímar,
you better keep an eye on him.

I have no doubt
of Grímar's faithfulness.

He is very hard working and few have
been as good a worker for me as him.

Ok, let's get going.

Lost every cairn,
Lost every trail,

Long is the way ahead.

The canyons echo.
Ominous sounds.

Long is the way ahead

Long is the way ahead

for those who wander the wasteland

The fog is bone-chilling
in the wilderness ...

Who could be traveling around
these parts?

It sounds like a young girl.

Yes, you tell the truth.

I think the sound
is coming from this direction.

Yes, let's go look for her.

Let us investigate.

Long is the way ahead,

Long is the way ahead,

for those who wander the wasteland.

What journey are you
on, my dear girl?

Why do you sit here up in the highlands?

I'm a poor castaway.

My caretakers
have tormented me and beaten me and...

finally I couldn't stand it
any longer

so I fled.

and now I am without a place
to rest my head.

There, there. Don't cry.
Now you come home with me.

You can work for me on the farm,
if you care to.

There, there.

Thank you for the offer, good sir!

Very well, let's go, my dear girl.

We shall put the fox hunt on hold
and head straight home!

Yes.

I think today we will go
fox hunting

since we are finished
with this plot.

Yes, that's a mighty good plan, sir.

I can not have
sly fox roam around much longer.

You pick up the last batch, Grímar.
I will prepare the horses.

Bring down Little Red,
my dear Bergur.

And then when old Gerður
is busy in the kitchen

and you and Björn are gone,

then I will sneak into the
sleeping quarters and steal the ring.

Granny!

Granny, I...
I heard them...

What is bothering you, my dear by?
What did you hear?

When I brought Little Red
to Grímar out on the field

I heard Anna say that
she is going to take your ring.

Take my ring, you say?

You must have misheard it,
my dear Bergur.

Anna was thinking
of a different ring...

No! I am sure it was your ring
that she wants to take away.

She said she is going to take it
once father and Grímar are gone.

Because you are in the kitchen.

Let's leave it at that, my dear Bergur.
I take good care of my things.

Take my ring?

Let's see! Take my ring.

Greetings Bergur,
and welcome to my meeting.

You want to ask for my help?

Yes, I think that
my granny is in danger.

Anna said that she is going
to steal her ring.

Yes, don't say any more,
my dear Bergur.

I know all about Anna's scheme.

We will ask Rindill, our friend,
to protect your grandmother.

And then you will not have to
worry about her ring.

Greetings, my dear boy.

I'm very luck to be able
to help you.

You certainly deserve it.

Now I must go, I have a
meeting with your grandmother.

Now you should go home...

and play with your sister,
dear Bergur.

Your grandmother is
in safe hands.

Dad asked me to tell you hello

and said that we could go
up the hill to pick berries.

Pick berries.
Do you think I care to do that now.

Oh, please, come. We will be very
quick. It's very close by.

Well, ok, let's go.

Then I will go and
bring the berriepicker.

No. No!

I don't want to stay for that long.
Let's just go.

Come here, my enchanted chest!

Come here, my enchanted chest!

No, no... Sólrún!

Fly now, my enchanted chest,
and travel true to Troll City!

Up you go...

Up!

We are back on the ground,
Sólrún. Let's open the chest.

There comes the troll running!
Let's get out of here.

Well then.
Yes, let us see.

What is this? Gone!

Let's go after them!
Let's go after them!

She is fast a sleep.
Only if I could get to my bone.

Try to get it out of your pocket.
And try to rub it.

We will part ways, for now.

Run down the hill...

where you will meet
your friend Rindill...

Even though you do not see me,
I will be close

and protect you from all danger.
Travel safe.

What is this!
Escaped again they have!

Rindill! Rindill!

Hello my dear children.

Quickly go on the back of the horse.

There you go!
Rid on Blámi!

I will run with you,
even though I'm old.

Take the rein
and on you go!

The elf queen!

Elfs and dwarfs!
Let's get out of here!

Quickly, run away Kolur!

Yes, begone!

See, I have driven the
trolls away from here.

Excellent Rindill.

Now the valley can once
more prosper...

once these maleficent creatures
are gone.

Yes, yes.

And so the father and son returned home

with a new found
friendship with the elf queen

and free from the
yoke of the trolls

And at home Gerður was waiting for them,

their grandmother and mother.

And that was
the end of Grandma's fairytale.