1 00:02:25,854 --> 00:02:31,065 Dear Astrid Lindgren. We are one fourth grade from Hästhultsskolan. 2 00:02:31,234 --> 00:02:34,818 We want to congratulate you on your birthday- 3 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:38,902 - and thank you for all your stories. 4 00:02:39,076 --> 00:02:42,569 First it's Ingvar's turn. - Come on, read it now. 5 00:02:42,746 --> 00:02:48,662 Hi, Astrid. My mom and dad have read your books to me. 6 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:53,295 How can you write so well about being a child- 7 00:02:53,423 --> 00:02:57,963 - when it was so long ago you yourself were a child? 8 00:03:04,768 --> 00:03:09,137 I have chosen him because his children and descendants- 9 00:03:09,314 --> 00:03:16,402 - must adhere to the ways of the Lord and do what is right and righteous. 10 00:03:16,613 --> 00:03:21,232 Then it shall come true, as the Lord has promised Abraham. 11 00:03:21,410 --> 00:03:28,328 And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great. 12 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:32,994 And their sin is very grievous. 13 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:36,422 Therefore, I now want to go down there and see- 14 00:03:36,633 --> 00:03:43,255 - if they really have done everything after the cry that came to me. 15 00:03:45,726 --> 00:03:49,390 The men went on towards Sodom. 16 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:55,061 But Abraham remained standing before the Lord. 17 00:03:57,696 --> 00:04:01,690 And Abraham turned to the Lord and said: 18 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:09,622 Should you really annihilate the righteous- 19 00:04:09,791 --> 00:04:13,705 -along with the unjust? 20 00:04:20,427 --> 00:04:25,422 Where would you most like to live? In Sodom or Gomorrah? 21 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,929 - Nowhere. are you stupid - In Gomorrah they say good morning. 22 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:33,846 In Sodom, sugary drink is bubbling forever and ever. 23 00:04:34,024 --> 00:04:37,062 Thank you, Astrid. That's enough now. 24 00:04:37,235 --> 00:04:43,982 - That's right. Good morning. Sugar drink. - Good morning, sugar drink. 25 00:04:44,159 --> 00:04:48,323 Next to scoff at the Bible allowed to go home. 26 00:04:54,419 --> 00:04:56,501 (music) 27 00:05:08,433 --> 00:05:11,141 May I be allowed? 28 00:05:22,656 --> 00:05:27,401 You are so beautiful. If I were a man would i fall in love with you 29 00:05:27,619 --> 00:05:32,580 But I would see you and fall in love with your wild mind. 30 00:05:32,749 --> 00:05:35,537 May I be allowed? 31 00:06:03,446 --> 00:06:05,733 (Song: "Yes sir, That's My Baby") 32 00:06:11,204 --> 00:06:13,912 - No, now we're dancing. - No thanks. 33 00:06:14,082 --> 00:06:16,574 Yes, now we dance! 34 00:06:33,435 --> 00:06:36,302 Your father is here. 35 00:06:58,209 --> 00:07:00,701 Good, sister! 36 00:07:08,511 --> 00:07:10,593 Come, Gunnar. 37 00:07:22,734 --> 00:07:24,975 Oh, I... 38 00:07:25,153 --> 00:07:28,066 I just have to scream. 39 00:07:29,407 --> 00:07:37,407 Good morning! Sugar drink! 40 00:07:40,835 --> 00:07:44,624 Good morning! Sugar drink! 41 00:07:46,174 --> 00:07:48,415 (yelling) 42 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:52,094 - Good morning! - Sugar drink! 43 00:08:05,568 --> 00:08:08,105 Astrid? 44 00:08:08,279 --> 00:08:11,317 You are over an hour late. 45 00:08:12,242 --> 00:08:14,529 What are you thinking about? 46 00:08:14,661 --> 00:08:18,746 - I went home with Gunnar. - Yes, we went home together. 47 00:08:18,915 --> 00:08:23,204 Gunnar will be home at ten o'clock. You should be home at nine o'clock. 48 00:08:23,378 --> 00:08:28,999 - Why is he allowed to stay longer? - Gunnar is a boy, you are a girl. 49 00:08:30,385 --> 00:08:35,050 - Everyone is equal before God, you say. - Don't involve Our Lord in this. 50 00:08:35,223 --> 00:08:39,933 - You yourself mix God into everything. - What is it? You wake up the whole house. 51 00:08:40,061 --> 00:08:45,397 I ask if everyone is equal before God. Then there is no difference. 52 00:08:45,608 --> 00:08:47,940 Good night. 53 00:08:48,111 --> 00:08:51,820 You are only 16 years old. Calm down. 54 00:09:40,789 --> 00:09:43,372 You can start inside the barn, Astrid. 55 00:09:58,848 --> 00:10:01,306 Come, let's warm up. 56 00:10:49,566 --> 00:10:54,026 In the name of Jesus to the table we go, bless, God, the food we get. 57 00:10:54,195 --> 00:11:00,066 And fence with your gentle hand our home, our king, our fatherland. 58 00:11:00,243 --> 00:11:02,234 Amen. 59 00:11:10,295 --> 00:11:12,332 Yes. 60 00:11:15,717 --> 00:11:18,880 I met Reinhold Blomberg. 61 00:11:19,053 --> 00:11:25,550 Now Vimmerby Tidning will publish two times a week and they need help. 62 00:11:25,727 --> 00:11:29,686 - Tell me about the old ham. - No, not now again. 63 00:11:29,856 --> 00:11:35,226 - Come on, Astrid! - I've told it a thousand times. 64 00:11:35,403 --> 00:11:39,021 The editor has not forgotten the essay you got published. 65 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:43,944 "Life on our farm" by Astrid Ericsson, Vimmerby's Selma Lagerlöf. 66 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,114 - You don't know who Selma Lagerlöf is. - All credit to him. 67 00:11:48,291 --> 00:11:51,909 Blomberg. When his wife died he was alone with seven children. 68 00:11:52,086 --> 00:11:57,206 Berta says that the new wife is crazy. They are to be separated now. 69 00:11:57,383 --> 00:12:01,593 - We don't gossip when we eat. - Lucky it's long between meals. 70 00:12:01,763 --> 00:12:05,506 As I said, I met Blomberg. 71 00:12:05,683 --> 00:12:10,428 He would need a volunteer and would like to meet you, Astrid. 72 00:12:10,647 --> 00:12:12,763 Sorry? 73 00:12:15,818 --> 00:12:20,688 - You must do your chores at home. - Would Blomberg want to meet me? 74 00:12:28,998 --> 00:12:31,490 Yes, say I'm coming. 75 00:13:28,933 --> 00:13:30,890 Hi, Ake. 76 00:13:31,853 --> 00:13:33,890 (honks) 77 00:13:34,063 --> 00:13:37,101 I'm going to see your father. Is he at home? 78 00:13:37,275 --> 00:13:39,357 He is and working. 79 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:44,821 Yes, but I don't understand a word. She's out of her mind, the woman. 80 00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:49,655 Come in. 81 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:51,365 Yes? 82 00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:54,915 But how can I know that? 83 00:13:56,044 --> 00:14:00,629 Then you get to talk about it to... Yes, I understand. 84 00:14:00,798 --> 00:14:06,840 I have to stop now. I have a small one impatient volunteer waiting here. 85 00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:09,630 Good. We say so. 86 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,806 Newspaper. 87 00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:26,108 Yes. Yes, but I spell well. 88 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:29,195 I work diligently. 89 00:14:30,578 --> 00:14:34,993 And I'm happy to work overtime, if needed. 90 00:14:35,166 --> 00:14:37,624 Newspaper. 91 00:14:37,794 --> 00:14:39,660 Etc. 92 00:14:39,837 --> 00:14:42,829 Yes, but newspapers are important. 93 00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:47,922 I always read the newspaper. Every single one day when my father is done with it. 94 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:52,172 I say "newspaper". 95 00:14:56,813 --> 00:14:58,895 Newspaper...? 96 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,984 - Typewriter. - Printing ink. 97 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:14,281 - Paper. - News. 98 00:15:16,582 --> 00:15:18,664 Light. 99 00:15:19,794 --> 00:15:23,788 - Future. - Freedom. 100 00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:28,337 Yes. 101 00:15:28,553 --> 00:15:31,716 Obituaries. They should be printed. 102 00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:34,927 Birthdays, weddings, silver weddings. 103 00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:38,139 - Father? - We are working. 104 00:15:38,312 --> 00:15:41,430 Write proofreading. This. 105 00:15:43,192 --> 00:15:46,651 Olivia is here. She cries. 106 00:15:48,197 --> 00:15:52,361 - To hell with it. - Correction...? 107 00:15:57,331 --> 00:16:01,666 - You must sign the papers. - Why are you bringing this up? 108 00:16:01,836 --> 00:16:05,295 Can you just write on the paper? Let me go! 109 00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:09,374 - Reinhold. - I will never do it. 110 00:16:09,594 --> 00:16:11,426 (door closes) 111 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:15,175 So, you got the job. Congratulations. 112 00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:25,315 So, Bertha... And it's a typewriter. 113 00:16:25,526 --> 00:16:29,645 - Nephew, write then. - I... I can't. 114 00:17:10,780 --> 00:17:15,570 Hi, Astrid. My name is Lisa. I also write stories. 115 00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:19,202 I don't spell very well, but I don't care about that. 116 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:23,491 When I write it is as everything around me disappears. 117 00:17:23,668 --> 00:17:27,002 But in a good way. Then it's just me. 118 00:17:27,171 --> 00:17:31,130 I feel free. Maybe it's the same for you? 119 00:17:40,268 --> 00:17:44,933 All the even birthdays have I been allowed to enter. 120 00:17:45,106 --> 00:17:48,019 And the obituaries. 121 00:17:48,192 --> 00:17:50,775 Every single one. 122 00:17:50,945 --> 00:17:56,190 Yesterday I wrote about boys who lifted up his comrade on a flagpole. 123 00:17:56,367 --> 00:17:59,485 And then I wrote about a pregnant girl- 124 00:17:59,662 --> 00:18:03,075 - who was dying because she ate matches. 125 00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:07,538 - Did she eat matches? - She was pregnant. 126 00:18:07,712 --> 00:18:12,582 And then she had heard that the phosphorus could kill the fetus. 127 00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:17,127 - But nothing happened to the child. - Thanks, it's fine now, Astrid. 128 00:18:18,806 --> 00:18:22,344 And then I proofread on all Blomberg articles. 129 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:27,350 That's what I'm saying... Vimmerby's Selma Lagerlöf. 130 00:18:27,565 --> 00:18:30,683 Astrid Ericsson's wonderful journey through Sweden. 131 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:32,942 Thanks! 132 00:18:43,748 --> 00:18:45,830 Wow! 133 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:54,790 Now we don't play with the food. Now it's good. 134 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:59,131 - No, don't throw. - Potato war! 135 00:18:59,305 --> 00:19:01,387 Don't throw, I say. 136 00:19:05,102 --> 00:19:08,140 Now it's potato rain! 137 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,580 Good day. 138 00:19:35,758 --> 00:19:38,500 The editor is right back. 139 00:19:43,391 --> 00:19:46,929 Do you want to sit down and wait a bit? 140 00:19:56,612 --> 00:20:00,697 - I'm going to get my silverware. - Not again, Olivia. 141 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:04,325 - I want my silverware. - I don't have them. 142 00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,325 let me go Release! 143 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:10,908 - Shame on you! - Now you go! Out! Out of my house! 144 00:20:11,085 --> 00:20:13,998 Let me go! Ouch! 145 00:20:14,171 --> 00:20:16,208 (door closes) 146 00:20:22,263 --> 00:20:27,804 Come on. So we go and console ourselves with coffee and cake. 147 00:20:38,404 --> 00:20:40,691 Come, come! 148 00:20:56,839 --> 00:21:00,833 We lost our child. An infant. 149 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:05,135 A little girl. 150 00:21:10,019 --> 00:21:14,934 There is nothing worse for a woman than to lose a child. 151 00:21:17,735 --> 00:21:22,605 Yes. Or for a man, right? 152 00:21:30,331 --> 00:21:33,164 You have something... 153 00:21:34,418 --> 00:21:36,910 - What is it? - Ink. 154 00:21:53,729 --> 00:21:55,845 Look here. 155 00:21:55,981 --> 00:22:00,691 I think this is something that can interest our female readership. 156 00:22:03,989 --> 00:22:08,199 She probably could interest our male readers. 157 00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:10,576 (phone) 158 00:22:13,207 --> 00:22:14,993 Blomberg. 159 00:22:17,795 --> 00:22:20,412 No, I had forgotten that. 160 00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:23,668 Now? 161 00:22:25,261 --> 00:22:28,003 Yes. Yes, I'm on my way. 162 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:34,093 You take the inauguration of the new railway. 163 00:22:34,270 --> 00:22:37,979 - Shall I? - Yes, you. Give me a report. 164 00:22:40,401 --> 00:22:42,517 Hmm. 165 00:22:46,907 --> 00:22:49,148 (train horn) 166 00:23:12,016 --> 00:23:19,230 ! America rushes the trains forward with such terrifying speed- 167 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:26,065 - that days and nights loom by like white and black lines. 168 00:23:29,158 --> 00:23:34,528 This train did not. It rolled along at a decent speed- 169 00:23:34,705 --> 00:23:39,575 - to be able to enjoy of the beautiful Småland nature. 170 00:23:41,879 --> 00:23:45,793 “And every now and then one came to a small station." 171 00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:52,929 “A red station house and garlands as well as decorations in long courses." 172 00:23:54,308 --> 00:23:58,723 “And so full of people who looked and "… 173 00:23:59,772 --> 00:24:01,888 ..."and waved." 174 00:24:02,066 --> 00:24:04,603 You write well. 175 00:24:09,073 --> 00:24:11,735 You are brilliant. 176 00:24:14,662 --> 00:24:17,495 Shine a little on me. 177 00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:21,286 I need it. 178 00:24:35,265 --> 00:24:39,930 Like her. Or I would want it. That's how I want it. 179 00:25:06,338 --> 00:25:08,625 Just cut. 180 00:26:05,773 --> 00:26:07,889 Hop! 181 00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:53,818 I have a new haircut. 182 00:26:56,198 --> 00:26:58,610 I want to promise that. 183 00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:03,904 My mother says it will send me straight to hell. 184 00:27:05,082 --> 00:27:09,667 I think God has other things on his mind than a beautiful secretary's new hairstyle. 185 00:27:15,134 --> 00:27:17,876 I'm at the print shop. 186 00:27:46,623 --> 00:27:49,206 Why aren't you sleeping? 187 00:27:55,132 --> 00:27:57,214 - Good night. - Good night. 188 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,978 Yes, I understand. 189 00:28:12,733 --> 00:28:14,599 Yes. 190 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:19,987 Yes, I understand. 191 00:28:36,131 --> 00:28:38,964 Has something happened? 192 00:28:49,603 --> 00:28:51,685 Come on. 193 00:29:25,347 --> 00:29:28,135 This is not a good idea. 194 00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:34,228 You better go home. 195 00:31:16,249 --> 00:31:19,162 Shall we dance, shall we? 196 00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:22,419 No. I think I'm going home now. 197 00:31:38,772 --> 00:31:41,685 The correction? 198 00:31:41,858 --> 00:31:46,603 - It's ready. - The ads? 199 00:31:50,784 --> 00:31:54,118 - They're probably over there. - Yes. 200 00:32:01,420 --> 00:32:04,003 My bedroom? 201 00:32:47,549 --> 00:32:51,508 Newspaper. I say "newspaper". 202 00:32:52,846 --> 00:32:58,341 - Vimmerby Newspaper. - Talented female young journalist. 203 00:34:16,304 --> 00:34:18,386 Astrid? 204 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,973 Yes, we are all tired. You just have to keep fighting. 205 00:34:26,815 --> 00:34:30,809 All the smoke makes me sick. 206 00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:40,534 what's wrong with you 207 00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:44,784 Is it that time of the month? 208 00:34:48,211 --> 00:34:51,078 Go home and lie down for a while. 209 00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:36,043 It is very quiet today. 210 00:35:40,889 --> 00:35:42,926 You. 211 00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:46,884 What is it? 212 00:35:54,235 --> 00:35:57,444 My period hasn't come. 213 00:35:59,407 --> 00:36:02,149 How long has it been? 214 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:06,905 You promised to be careful. 215 00:36:14,422 --> 00:36:17,039 I won't leave you. 216 00:36:22,347 --> 00:36:25,089 Are your breasts sore? 217 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:30,556 And you are tired? 218 00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:36,017 Are you feeling sick? 219 00:36:37,696 --> 00:36:40,529 Not so much anymore. 220 00:36:43,952 --> 00:36:46,660 Take off your dress. 221 00:36:57,966 --> 00:37:00,583 The petticoat. 222 00:37:10,019 --> 00:37:12,101 Astrid... 223 00:37:13,773 --> 00:37:18,893 We are the priest's neighbors, your father is churchwarden, we lease the church's land. 224 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:21,528 We live off the soil of the church. 225 00:37:21,698 --> 00:37:24,736 - No one must know this! - No. 226 00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:28,152 - You don't tell anyone! - No. 227 00:37:28,329 --> 00:37:31,162 Is it ready?! 228 00:37:31,332 --> 00:37:33,824 Put on your clothes! 229 00:37:54,856 --> 00:37:57,598 Go up to your room. 230 00:38:16,878 --> 00:38:19,666 I deeply regret. 231 00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:29,134 There is no excuse for this. I fully take the blame. 232 00:38:32,060 --> 00:38:35,928 My situation is unfortunately quite complicated. 233 00:38:36,064 --> 00:38:39,557 I'm just separated from Olivia. She took it to court. 234 00:38:39,734 --> 00:38:44,524 But as soon as my divorce comes to fruition everything becomes easier. 235 00:38:44,697 --> 00:38:46,654 Easier? 236 00:38:46,783 --> 00:38:51,528 I have found a clinic there Astrid can give birth in complete discretion. 237 00:38:51,704 --> 00:38:55,743 I would like to show that my intention is good. 238 00:38:55,917 --> 00:39:00,912 We can get engaged right now. Of course in complete discretion. 239 00:39:04,551 --> 00:39:07,964 Betrothed children have both a father and a mother. 240 00:39:08,137 --> 00:39:13,723 - The child will be allowed to bear my name. - We know what an engagement is. 241 00:39:14,769 --> 00:39:17,227 She is a light. 242 00:39:18,773 --> 00:39:23,438 She is so talented. Full of life and desire. 243 00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:27,612 I love Astrid. 244 00:40:07,614 --> 00:40:09,855 It went well. 245 00:40:15,038 --> 00:40:20,283 I have to get out of here. I can't stay here. 246 00:40:21,377 --> 00:40:25,336 What should I do? when my belly starts growing? 247 00:40:25,548 --> 00:40:29,007 I won't come to be able to show me somewhere. 248 00:40:31,387 --> 00:40:35,005 - You have to help me. - You can go to Stockholm. 249 00:40:35,141 --> 00:40:39,305 This secretarial training which we have talked about. 250 00:40:42,148 --> 00:40:44,230 You. 251 00:41:10,218 --> 00:41:14,712 It's from mother. Some bread, cheese and sausage. 252 00:41:30,697 --> 00:41:33,359 You can handle this. 253 00:42:27,503 --> 00:42:31,337 Dear Astrid. My name is Jenny. 254 00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:37,010 You often write about death. Many are dead in your stories. 255 00:42:37,180 --> 00:42:43,051 Pippi's mother. Jonathan dies. The crust dies. 256 00:42:44,228 --> 00:42:46,811 Mio's mother isn't there either. 257 00:42:46,939 --> 00:42:51,274 But you still get the will to live when you read about it in your books. 258 00:42:51,444 --> 00:42:54,402 You just want to live. 259 00:42:57,909 --> 00:43:01,948 Shorthand is the secretary's absolutely most important tool. 260 00:43:02,121 --> 00:43:04,783 It is much faster than… 261 00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:56,251 Good day. 262 00:43:56,425 --> 00:43:59,008 - Hello, Astrid! - Hello, Anna. 263 00:44:02,515 --> 00:44:04,973 - Hi:. - Hello. 264 00:44:12,066 --> 00:44:16,355 - Isn't it cold enough here? - She's cooking fish again. 265 00:44:16,571 --> 00:44:19,734 Astrid, we have no more wood. 266 00:44:27,206 --> 00:44:30,324 Look here. I have made you a hat. 267 00:44:30,543 --> 00:44:32,830 Anna has a party. 268 00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:37,123 - She has firewood and a gramophone. - Tale... 269 00:44:47,310 --> 00:44:50,769 - What is it? - Tired. 270 00:44:55,943 --> 00:44:58,230 (they sing along) 271 00:45:15,338 --> 00:45:18,296 "The Road to Freedom". 272 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:21,962 Her name on the front is Eva Andén. She is a lawyer. 273 00:45:22,136 --> 00:45:25,720 - A female lawyer? - Yes. 274 00:45:25,890 --> 00:45:31,932 She helps pregnant women. Anna gave birth at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. 275 00:45:32,104 --> 00:45:36,223 Eva Andén arranged a foster family. She helps everyone. 276 00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:41,899 - But where is the child now? - I don't know. 277 00:45:44,367 --> 00:45:48,201 - Doesn't she know where the baby is? - Hey, it knocked! 278 00:45:48,371 --> 00:45:52,740 - Telegram to Ericsson. - Ericsson. 279 00:46:02,176 --> 00:46:07,012 "Astrid, call. We need to see each other. Yours." 280 00:46:08,933 --> 00:46:12,676 It's just that my fiance misses me. 281 00:46:30,371 --> 00:46:32,408 Good day. 282 00:46:32,623 --> 00:46:37,914 My husband is waiting for me. Gustafsson. Axel Gustafsson. 283 00:46:38,087 --> 00:46:42,297 Your husband is in room 218. First floor. 284 00:47:29,597 --> 00:47:32,089 Are you not feeling well? 285 00:47:33,142 --> 00:47:35,509 This is a freaking circus. 286 00:47:37,146 --> 00:47:42,232 Olivia has heard rumors. She wants to lock me up. 287 00:47:43,778 --> 00:47:47,772 - What do you mean? - Fornication. 288 00:47:47,948 --> 00:47:51,316 I risk prison. 289 00:47:52,912 --> 00:47:55,074 Prison? 290 00:47:56,082 --> 00:47:59,575 She got the judge to postpone the divorce case. 291 00:47:59,752 --> 00:48:04,497 Now she has to prove that I have made you pregnant. 292 00:48:04,673 --> 00:48:08,667 Wherever you give birth, you have to to state the father's name. 293 00:48:08,844 --> 00:48:12,633 You just have to read it in the church book. Reinhold Blomberg. 294 00:48:12,807 --> 00:48:15,299 Then they have their proof. 295 00:48:15,518 --> 00:48:19,386 What should I say to my children? 296 00:48:22,817 --> 00:48:24,933 No mother. 297 00:48:27,363 --> 00:48:30,071 And a father in prison. 298 00:48:32,785 --> 00:48:34,867 Listen... 299 00:48:51,762 --> 00:48:53,969 Listen... 300 00:48:58,310 --> 00:49:02,178 We go down and see if we can find something to eat. 301 00:49:03,899 --> 00:49:05,981 Reinhold. 302 00:49:07,695 --> 00:49:09,402 Come on. 303 00:49:45,983 --> 00:49:52,025 One of the girls at the boarding house, she gave birth in Denmark. 304 00:49:52,198 --> 00:49:56,783 And there was no need to declare who was the father of the child. 305 00:50:11,550 --> 00:50:17,512 So the child can stay with a foster mother in Denmark until the trial is over 306 00:50:17,681 --> 00:50:21,174 - and I can show myself in Vimmerby. 307 00:50:21,352 --> 00:50:26,643 That's how you differentiate yourself and then we get married. 308 00:50:26,815 --> 00:50:29,773 And then we take the baby home. 309 00:51:20,369 --> 00:51:22,861 Can I see your passport? 310 00:51:23,914 --> 00:51:26,827 - Excuse me? - Your passport. 311 00:51:51,567 --> 00:51:54,025 Yes, now we are here. 312 00:52:08,876 --> 00:52:12,540 Mother? Now I'm here with Astrid Ericsson. 313 00:52:13,672 --> 00:52:16,039 (baby cry) 314 00:52:18,969 --> 00:52:22,803 - Marie. - Astrid Ericsson. Good day. 315 00:52:22,973 --> 00:52:26,011 Did you have a good trip? 316 00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:30,558 It's Esse. My second Swedish foster child. - Can't you take him? 317 00:52:30,731 --> 00:52:33,098 You can hang the coat here. 318 00:52:35,277 --> 00:52:40,067 - You know Swedish? - You are not my first Swedish. 319 00:52:41,575 --> 00:52:45,068 Come on. So I'll show you where you will live. 320 00:52:52,628 --> 00:52:56,087 Lie down a little. You definitely need that. 321 00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:02,923 Do you have swollen legs? 322 00:53:05,974 --> 00:53:09,842 May I just feel and see if the child has turned correctly? 323 00:53:10,020 --> 00:53:12,307 Yes. Go ahead. 324 00:53:21,365 --> 00:53:24,278 I'm just picking up here. 325 00:53:29,123 --> 00:53:32,286 Yes. There lies the head. 326 00:53:34,878 --> 00:53:37,336 Feel. 327 00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:46,720 Oh! Crikey. 328 00:53:46,890 --> 00:53:52,511 There is a small knee. It's a lively little person. 329 00:54:00,237 --> 00:54:03,150 And exhale. Exhale. 330 00:54:03,323 --> 00:54:07,863 And put your head back. Come on. So there. Good. 331 00:54:09,246 --> 00:54:13,831 - I can't take it anymore. - Next time you hold your breath. 332 00:54:14,001 --> 00:54:19,667 Yes, that's good. Yes, more, more. Good. Everything you can. 333 00:54:21,550 --> 00:54:25,134 Keep the air in. And try again. Come on. 334 00:54:25,304 --> 00:54:30,344 We can see the head now. And croak now, come on. 335 00:54:30,559 --> 00:54:32,766 And breathe, breathe, breathe. 336 00:54:32,978 --> 00:54:38,098 Then we take a break. Yes, that's good. It's so nice. 337 00:54:39,151 --> 00:54:43,236 When I tell you to breathe. Then you should gasp. 338 00:54:43,405 --> 00:54:46,989 It's coming now. It's coming now. Again. 339 00:54:47,159 --> 00:54:51,278 Take it in. Hold your breath. Come on. Yes. 340 00:54:52,331 --> 00:54:54,823 Exhale, exhale. So. 341 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:58,493 So there he is. That's how he was born. 342 00:54:58,670 --> 00:55:02,129 - Then he came out. - It's so nice. Yes. 343 00:55:02,341 --> 00:55:04,958 (baby cry) 344 00:55:05,135 --> 00:55:07,593 It's a nice boy. Yes. 345 00:55:08,388 --> 00:55:10,504 So. 346 00:55:15,395 --> 00:55:19,138 So there. So you will see. 347 00:55:33,121 --> 00:55:35,613 There you can see. 348 00:55:39,419 --> 00:55:41,911 There he is. 349 00:55:42,089 --> 00:55:45,878 Hello. Hello, my little boy. 350 00:55:48,512 --> 00:55:50,253 Hello. 351 00:55:53,851 --> 00:55:55,888 Hello. 352 00:55:58,605 --> 00:56:01,438 Hello, hello, little boy. 353 00:56:13,954 --> 00:56:16,036 So. 354 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:34,722 So. If you hold this. So there. 355 00:56:45,569 --> 00:56:50,689 People will understand that something happened if I don't come home for Christmas. 356 00:56:54,828 --> 00:56:58,867 It can really hurt the next week. 357 00:56:59,041 --> 00:57:02,909 But you must not milk out. Then you continue making milk. 358 00:57:40,123 --> 00:57:44,117 I will come as soon as the trial is over. Then I'll be back. 359 00:57:44,294 --> 00:57:47,753 - I'll come as soon as I can. - Yes. 360 00:57:50,884 --> 00:57:54,343 Come on. You have to make it with your train, Astrid. 361 00:58:12,906 --> 00:58:17,400 So. You can handle it. Come again. 362 00:58:59,828 --> 00:59:02,286 Raise your arms. 363 00:59:51,546 --> 00:59:54,629 He was baptized at the hospital. 364 00:59:56,218 --> 00:59:58,380 His name is Lars. 365 01:00:03,266 --> 01:00:06,930 I'll probably come to call him Lasse. 366 01:00:07,104 --> 01:00:11,063 I'll be back and wrap you up before we leave. 367 01:00:34,923 --> 01:00:40,714 In the same area, some shepherds were outside and guarded his flock by night. 368 01:00:40,887 --> 01:00:43,925 Then the angel of the Lord stood before them- 369 01:00:44,099 --> 01:00:47,842 - and the glory of the Lord radiated them. 370 01:00:48,019 --> 01:00:51,102 And they were greatly alarmed. 371 01:00:51,314 --> 01:00:55,399 But the angel said: Don't be alarmed. 372 01:00:55,610 --> 01:01:00,525 For I bring you great joy. 373 01:01:00,699 --> 01:01:05,318 Today a savior has been born among you in the city of David. 374 01:01:05,537 --> 01:01:08,404 He is the Messiah, the Lord. 375 01:01:08,582 --> 01:01:11,791 And this is the sign for you. 376 01:01:11,960 --> 01:01:17,296 You will find a newborn baby who is wrapped and lying in a manger. 377 01:01:17,507 --> 01:01:21,671 And suddenly it was together with the angel a great heavenly host- 378 01:01:21,845 --> 01:01:24,052 - who praised God. 379 01:01:44,367 --> 01:01:46,404 You. 380 01:01:49,414 --> 01:01:51,906 i love you 381 01:01:52,918 --> 01:01:58,209 - I love you, Astrid. - When is the trial finished? 382 01:01:59,883 --> 01:02:01,999 Soon. 383 01:02:02,219 --> 01:02:06,838 God. The little, little human. The little, little human. 384 01:02:08,058 --> 01:02:12,928 - I have a Christmas present for you. - What have I done? 385 01:02:19,444 --> 01:02:22,027 You need to stay warm. 386 01:02:27,285 --> 01:02:29,947 Oh, how nice. 387 01:02:31,831 --> 01:02:34,949 You haven't lost him. 388 01:02:36,419 --> 01:02:42,085 He's only in Denmark. We will visit him as soon as we can. 389 01:02:43,301 --> 01:02:45,884 - Our son. - Our son. 390 01:02:46,930 --> 01:02:49,388 Darling. 391 01:03:18,336 --> 01:03:21,545 You don't have to marry him. 392 01:03:23,133 --> 01:03:27,377 You don't have to. You will soon be a trained secretary. 393 01:03:29,514 --> 01:03:34,384 Do you really want to be a stepmother? to Berta and all her siblings? 394 01:03:37,230 --> 01:03:39,767 Do you love him? 395 01:03:45,322 --> 01:03:47,814 You don't have to, Astrid. 396 01:03:47,991 --> 01:03:52,952 You can let the child stay in Denmark, return and forget all this. 397 01:03:58,460 --> 01:04:01,998 Are you saying I should leave my child? 398 01:04:05,675 --> 01:04:09,339 Isn't his foster mother a good mother? 399 01:04:14,309 --> 01:04:16,641 Do you love him? 400 01:04:49,094 --> 01:04:53,804 He is so nice over there. Here he is. 401 01:05:12,909 --> 01:05:15,992 - That's how big he's gotten. - Yes. 402 01:05:16,162 --> 01:05:20,622 - You are welcome to pick him up. - He has really grown. 403 01:05:23,420 --> 01:05:25,536 Hello. 404 01:05:28,341 --> 01:05:32,050 Hi Lasse. Hi Lasse. 405 01:05:40,437 --> 01:05:42,724 I get to look at him. Come on. 406 01:05:44,566 --> 01:05:47,775 Ouch, ouch, ouch. Hey, you. Yes. 407 01:05:52,157 --> 01:05:54,649 Yes, how nice you are. 408 01:05:55,410 --> 01:05:57,822 Look. 409 01:06:04,335 --> 01:06:08,374 It was good that you came. Not many people do that. 410 01:06:12,594 --> 01:06:17,589 We'll pick him up as soon as this is all over. 411 01:06:18,433 --> 01:06:20,891 Look. 412 01:06:33,323 --> 01:06:35,655 (phone) 413 01:06:40,538 --> 01:06:44,623 The Swedish Bookstore Centre radio department, Astrid Ericsson. 414 01:06:44,792 --> 01:06:47,659 I connect further. 415 01:06:47,837 --> 01:06:50,704 Mr. Nilsson to Mr. Karlsson. 416 01:06:58,181 --> 01:07:01,139 (phone) 417 01:07:01,309 --> 01:07:05,849 - The Swedish Center for Booksellers. - It's me. 418 01:07:08,399 --> 01:07:11,391 How can I be of service? 419 01:07:14,697 --> 01:07:17,405 Someone has seen us at the hotel. 420 01:07:20,245 --> 01:07:25,206 A handwriting expert reviews mine letter to the maternity clinic. 421 01:07:25,375 --> 01:07:28,743 They will try to prove that I am Axel Gustafsson. 422 01:07:28,920 --> 01:07:31,833 She's got the judge to postpone the matter. 423 01:07:34,425 --> 01:07:36,211 Yes. 424 01:07:39,055 --> 01:07:41,547 You said I could take him home. 425 01:07:42,934 --> 01:07:46,017 I know. I will send money. 426 01:07:46,187 --> 01:07:48,929 So you can greet him. 427 01:07:50,149 --> 01:07:54,063 - Lasse is six months old now. - I know that. 428 01:07:57,031 --> 01:08:00,114 Marie wrote that he can sit by himself. 429 01:08:03,371 --> 01:08:05,408 i miss you 430 01:08:07,709 --> 01:08:09,791 Hello? 431 01:08:11,879 --> 01:08:15,964 Thank you for the call, Mr. Gustafsson. I'll see what I can do. 432 01:08:17,510 --> 01:08:19,592 (baby cry) 433 01:08:26,144 --> 01:08:28,681 What is it? 434 01:08:38,781 --> 01:08:43,617 So... - Marie? I think he's a little hungry again here. 435 01:08:49,417 --> 01:08:52,876 Are you hungry again, Lassemand? 436 01:08:54,839 --> 01:08:58,127 - He should only wear a clean diaper. - Again? 437 01:08:58,301 --> 01:09:01,339 Yes, it's the screw without end. 438 01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:07,887 So we'll see, Lasse. 439 01:09:11,022 --> 01:09:13,935 Then it should open there... 440 01:09:15,068 --> 01:09:17,981 No... no. See here. 441 01:09:19,072 --> 01:09:24,693 So there yes. Yeah, that helped the mood, huh? 442 01:09:28,373 --> 01:09:33,368 When we get home we give him a little talc in the ass. It is a little red. 443 01:09:37,131 --> 01:09:41,796 Marie... I don't know what i would do without you 444 01:09:45,014 --> 01:09:47,802 Time flies, Astrid. 445 01:10:08,955 --> 01:10:13,495 The children in your books can handle a lot, I think. 446 01:10:13,668 --> 01:10:17,377 Pippi can manage to live without mom and dad. 447 01:10:17,588 --> 01:10:22,799 Emil is not afraid that he will be punished and locked up in Snickarboa. 448 01:10:25,555 --> 01:10:28,923 Mio starves and believes that he will die- 449 01:10:29,100 --> 01:10:32,843 - but he still wins against evil at the end. 450 01:10:33,938 --> 01:10:37,602 I want to be like that too. One who never gives up. 451 01:10:37,817 --> 01:10:43,062 Without fighting, even if I'm hungry and I feel alone. 452 01:11:11,225 --> 01:11:13,762 - Good day. - Good day. 453 01:11:20,735 --> 01:11:23,727 I was convicted of fornication. 454 01:11:31,287 --> 01:11:33,995 One thousand kroner in fines. 455 01:11:35,750 --> 01:11:38,208 A thousand kroner? 456 01:11:40,630 --> 01:11:43,918 - You didn't go to jail? - No. 457 01:11:48,262 --> 01:11:52,677 It's obviously cheap fun to be an adulterer. 458 01:11:54,227 --> 01:11:59,973 - Didn't you risk prison? - I escaped with a fine. 459 01:12:00,149 --> 01:12:02,811 Everything will be alright. 460 01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:10,490 - Can I take Lasse home? - You can take Lasse home. 461 01:12:33,766 --> 01:12:36,849 I have booked a room for us. 462 01:12:43,943 --> 01:12:48,983 We are free, Astrid. We can do whatever the hell we want. 463 01:13:11,929 --> 01:13:14,637 marry me 464 01:13:17,768 --> 01:13:19,805 Come on. 465 01:13:30,156 --> 01:13:34,445 Spring wedding. Flowering apple tree. 466 01:13:37,288 --> 01:13:41,998 - It's way too big. - Darling. 467 01:13:42,168 --> 01:13:45,286 I'll take it to the goldsmith. They arrange it. 468 01:13:46,380 --> 01:13:50,624 - You have to see the drawings. - The blueprints? 469 01:13:52,511 --> 01:13:56,425 We are rebuilding. You will get a new kitchen. 470 01:13:56,641 --> 01:14:02,057 Berta moves upstairs. Then we take her room to Lasse. 471 01:14:03,522 --> 01:14:07,811 You have to comfort him at night when he is sad. 472 01:14:11,155 --> 01:14:15,319 Darling? Come on. Come and see. 473 01:14:20,790 --> 01:14:24,704 - You said you could go to jail. - Yes. 474 01:14:25,753 --> 01:14:29,121 Was all this for money, for a thousand kroner? 475 01:14:29,340 --> 01:14:32,833 It was impossible to know in advance how it would go. 476 01:14:33,886 --> 01:14:38,426 - Lasse has been hidden for almost a year. - It was your idea. 477 01:14:38,641 --> 01:14:43,511 I didn't ask you to go to Denmark. It was your female lawyer. 478 01:14:46,983 --> 01:14:51,978 You. Darling. Why can't we be happy? 479 01:14:53,072 --> 01:14:58,033 - Rebuild the kitchen, create a family. - I can't. 480 01:14:58,202 --> 01:15:01,740 - I love you. - I can't. 481 01:15:02,873 --> 01:15:05,160 I just need to think a little. 482 01:15:16,220 --> 01:15:21,260 - What have I done wrong? - It hurts. Release! 483 01:15:21,434 --> 01:15:24,426 What is it that you have to think through? 484 01:15:24,645 --> 01:15:29,515 You cannot take care of a child. You can barely afford food. 485 01:15:29,692 --> 01:15:33,060 - You know the money bag closes now? - Yes. 486 01:15:34,155 --> 01:15:37,273 - But damn it! - It hurts! 487 01:15:39,035 --> 01:15:42,699 Tell me what I've done wrong. 488 01:15:42,872 --> 01:15:45,330 Am I too old? 489 01:15:50,755 --> 01:15:53,918 How will you manage without me? 490 01:16:14,904 --> 01:16:18,397 I can't come now, Marie. I have no money. 491 01:16:18,616 --> 01:16:24,202 - No. Sad that it doesn't work anymore. - How is Lasse? 492 01:16:24,371 --> 01:16:28,740 He is happy. He can stay here as long as needed. 493 01:16:28,918 --> 01:16:33,287 - I think I can hear him. - Yes. Say hello to Lassemamma. 494 01:16:33,506 --> 01:16:38,251 - Hello, Lasse. Are you feeling well? - No. 495 01:16:38,427 --> 01:16:42,546 Tell me what Esse and you did this morning. 496 01:16:42,723 --> 01:16:47,934 - I can't afford to talk anymore. - No, of course not. 497 01:16:48,104 --> 01:16:52,393 Come on, Lasse. You should say hello then to Lassemamma. Come on. 498 01:16:52,608 --> 01:16:55,521 - Hello then. - Hello then. 499 01:17:30,604 --> 01:17:34,598 How did the interview go? at the Royal Automobile Club? 500 01:17:34,775 --> 01:17:37,608 I hope it went well. 501 01:17:37,778 --> 01:17:43,114 If I get it, I can afford to rent one apartment. Then Lasse can live with me. 502 01:17:44,285 --> 01:17:46,822 What have you borrowed? 503 01:17:48,372 --> 01:17:51,330 - "Famine". - Can I see? 504 01:17:59,633 --> 01:18:03,718 “I had entered in the willing madness of famine." 505 01:18:03,888 --> 01:18:09,008 “I was empty and free of pain and my thoughts were unbridled." 506 01:18:16,984 --> 01:18:20,727 Had you not been able to borrow a book about love? 507 01:18:34,084 --> 01:18:38,203 - The yearbook. I asked to have it… - Sorry. Now everyone is ready. 508 01:18:38,380 --> 01:18:41,998 Just. - I asked to have the captions corrected. 509 01:18:42,218 --> 01:18:46,678 - It should have been finished today. - That is the old manuscript. 510 01:18:46,847 --> 01:18:52,433 The new is here. The captions are corrected and the rest is proofread. 511 01:18:59,777 --> 01:19:03,395 This particular script to be sent to the printer, yes. 512 01:19:04,573 --> 01:19:07,361 Yes, and there is a bid on the way. 513 01:19:08,577 --> 01:19:12,662 - In other words, everything is in order? - Yes. 514 01:19:14,750 --> 01:19:17,492 Excellent. Thanks. 515 01:19:22,258 --> 01:19:27,253 - How old is the son? - He is two and a half. 516 01:19:28,305 --> 01:19:31,343 I can babysit him while you work. 517 01:19:31,558 --> 01:19:35,847 My daughter has a cot which is no longer used. 518 01:19:36,939 --> 01:19:42,025 The toilet is in the yard and that there is a bath house beyond the park. 519 01:19:42,194 --> 01:19:46,438 And the kitchen is at the end of the hall. Oh, excuse me. 520 01:19:55,291 --> 01:19:58,659 Don't you think Lasse will have a good time here? 521 01:20:01,046 --> 01:20:03,663 Only the red ones, right? 522 01:20:09,179 --> 01:20:12,922 Only the ones that are the most red. 523 01:20:13,100 --> 01:20:15,432 Look at mine, mother! 524 01:20:16,312 --> 01:20:19,145 How nice they are. 525 01:20:20,107 --> 01:20:23,816 He hears that Carl calls me "mother". 526 01:20:23,986 --> 01:20:29,857 Esse also calls me "mother". But we talk a lot about Lassemamma. 527 01:20:36,123 --> 01:20:39,616 Marie? Should I say it? 528 01:20:40,461 --> 01:20:43,749 No, that's the best if we say it together. 529 01:20:43,922 --> 01:20:47,131 Explaining to him that now he will live with you. 530 01:20:47,301 --> 01:20:49,338 How shall we say it? 531 01:20:49,553 --> 01:20:54,172 We say you've found a place where he can also be. 532 01:20:54,350 --> 01:20:57,809 He knows you are his mother. 533 01:21:08,405 --> 01:21:13,696 Have you picked that many? Huh? Have you picked that many? 534 01:21:21,543 --> 01:21:26,162 - Can you take it? - Come on, Esse. You must come in and spend the night. 535 01:21:26,340 --> 01:21:30,880 You should be washed, then I'll spend the night Esse and Lassemamma nights Lasse. 536 01:21:31,053 --> 01:21:33,010 No. 537 01:21:35,682 --> 01:21:37,889 - Come on. - No. 538 01:21:38,060 --> 01:21:41,769 Yes, come on. She is here today. 539 01:21:41,939 --> 01:21:46,809 - No! - I know some really good stories. 540 01:21:46,985 --> 01:21:50,728 Lasse. Now enter Lassemamma. 541 01:21:55,035 --> 01:21:57,743 You will sleep me, mother. 542 01:22:05,504 --> 01:22:09,372 It's been a long day. He is tired. I put him to bed. 543 01:22:09,591 --> 01:22:13,550 Carl? Do you take Esse? - Can you say good night to Lassemamma? 544 01:22:13,720 --> 01:22:16,337 Good night, Lassemamma. 545 01:22:16,557 --> 01:22:18,639 Good night. 546 01:22:23,939 --> 01:22:26,977 I want to sleep with you, mother. 547 01:23:05,063 --> 01:23:10,308 - I am not his mother, Marie. - You are his mother. 548 01:23:10,527 --> 01:23:16,739 Marie. He doesn't know me. He doesn't even know me. 549 01:23:22,456 --> 01:23:26,199 Don't you see that this is his home? 550 01:23:29,421 --> 01:23:32,254 That it's you he loves? 551 01:23:38,222 --> 01:23:43,592 You gave birth to him. You are his mother. I just took care of him. 552 01:23:46,063 --> 01:23:49,772 - This is his home. - Mother? 553 01:23:51,527 --> 01:23:53,564 Mother? 554 01:23:57,449 --> 01:23:59,941 He calls out to you. 555 01:24:02,538 --> 01:24:04,279 Mother! 556 01:24:30,190 --> 01:24:32,978 Can you say goodbye? 557 01:24:35,654 --> 01:24:38,021 Then I'll go now. 558 01:24:45,330 --> 01:24:49,289 Lasse, now say goodbye properly to Lassemamma. 559 01:24:53,380 --> 01:24:56,213 Shall we say goodbye, Lasse? 560 01:25:43,430 --> 01:25:45,888 (squealing glass to silence) 561 01:25:47,351 --> 01:25:52,096 A warm welcome to this year's gala- party for the Royal Automobile Club. 562 01:25:52,272 --> 01:25:56,106 I can reassure everyone that we let's sit down at the table right away. 563 01:25:57,319 --> 01:26:00,983 But before that, I want to that we raise our glasses 564 01:26:01,156 --> 01:26:06,572 - and toasts to one more successful year for motoring. 565 01:26:06,745 --> 01:26:09,032 - Cheers! - Cheers! 566 01:26:15,921 --> 01:26:19,004 Are we still cheering for motorists? 567 01:26:21,843 --> 01:26:27,885 Thanks for your meeting notes. They are more entertaining than the meetings. 568 01:26:28,058 --> 01:26:31,050 Long live motoring! 569 01:27:12,060 --> 01:27:15,052 (Song: "Puttin' on the Ritz") 570 01:27:39,337 --> 01:27:42,079 - Just a moment. - Oh, sorry. 571 01:27:47,137 --> 01:27:49,378 May I be allowed? 572 01:28:20,295 --> 01:28:23,378 - Shall I call a taxi for you? - No. 573 01:28:24,508 --> 01:28:27,341 - Sure? 574 01:30:04,941 --> 01:30:07,433 Don't lie there. 575 01:30:17,162 --> 01:30:19,449 You did the right thing. 576 01:30:34,137 --> 01:30:37,004 (Plays the hymn "Glorious is the Earth") 577 01:30:51,029 --> 01:30:53,737 Think how big you have become. 578 01:30:57,118 --> 01:30:59,200 Astrid? 579 01:31:00,580 --> 01:31:03,493 Come on. Come on. 580 01:31:15,553 --> 01:31:18,341 - What is it? - To you. 581 01:31:47,669 --> 01:31:50,502 Marie is sick. 582 01:31:50,672 --> 01:31:53,630 It is serious. 583 01:31:55,260 --> 01:31:59,003 she asks what should I do with Lasse. 584 01:31:59,180 --> 01:32:01,217 Do with him? 585 01:32:01,391 --> 01:32:05,931 But it is serious. She can't take care of him longer. 586 01:32:09,941 --> 01:32:12,899 Now you have to be determined. 587 01:32:14,612 --> 01:32:17,400 Yes, but it's my child. 588 01:32:18,742 --> 01:32:21,780 He is all alone in the world! 589 01:32:27,459 --> 01:32:29,746 Yes, but aren't you my mother? 590 01:32:31,796 --> 01:32:34,914 Isn't he your grandson? 591 01:32:36,968 --> 01:32:39,005 (screams) 592 01:32:59,032 --> 01:33:04,744 - Mother only wants the best for you, Astrid. - Do you think I should forget him? 593 01:33:04,913 --> 01:33:10,784 She is worried about you, how it will go and she thinks about you day and night. 594 01:33:10,960 --> 01:33:14,669 are you my father Is he your grandson? 595 01:33:17,592 --> 01:33:20,380 I don't know what to say. 596 01:33:25,183 --> 01:33:28,266 You don't know what to say? 597 01:33:28,436 --> 01:33:32,225 You are my father and you know nothing? 598 01:33:33,525 --> 01:33:35,607 You know what? 599 01:33:35,777 --> 01:33:41,068 I won't be back until I can come here with your grandson! 600 01:33:41,241 --> 01:33:43,778 Do you understand that?! 601 01:35:04,282 --> 01:35:06,364 Marie? 602 01:35:09,871 --> 01:35:11,953 Hello. 603 01:35:19,881 --> 01:35:23,044 I can't take care of him anymore. 604 01:35:26,888 --> 01:35:30,802 Marie, I... I can't do it without you 605 01:35:36,689 --> 01:35:39,431 You must be his mother. 606 01:35:41,819 --> 01:35:44,277 You can do that. 607 01:35:46,532 --> 01:35:49,650 Children should only have love. 608 01:35:51,204 --> 01:35:55,573 Lots of love. And you have. 609 01:36:02,632 --> 01:36:05,215 But I don't know if I can. 610 01:36:05,385 --> 01:36:09,049 - I can't, Marie. - Yeah. 611 01:36:09,222 --> 01:36:13,432 You sure can. Lassemamma. 612 01:36:24,028 --> 01:36:26,395 You sure can. 613 01:36:39,752 --> 01:36:46,795 Hi, Astrid. I've thought about it you wrote in "Bröderna Lejonhjärta". 614 01:36:46,968 --> 01:36:51,428 That there are things you have to do. 615 01:36:51,639 --> 01:36:56,679 Sometimes I have to defend my little brother against other boys. 616 01:36:56,853 --> 01:37:00,141 It's hard, but I have to. 617 01:37:00,315 --> 01:37:06,231 Otherwise I'm just a little shit. And I don't want to be. 618 01:37:33,514 --> 01:37:35,596 Come on. 619 01:37:36,726 --> 01:37:38,808 Oh. 620 01:37:47,111 --> 01:37:50,570 I have borrowed a nice song for you. 621 01:37:50,740 --> 01:37:53,607 Lasses' very own bed. 622 01:37:57,205 --> 01:38:00,323 And we have our own entrance. 623 01:38:03,503 --> 01:38:07,292 Tomorrow we can go to the park. 624 01:38:09,675 --> 01:38:13,794 Then we can see if we can find a nice climbing tree. 625 01:38:24,065 --> 01:38:27,558 Lasse? You, aren't you hungry? 626 01:38:27,735 --> 01:38:32,024 - I don't understand what you're saying. - You... 627 01:38:33,449 --> 01:38:35,941 THAN you thing?!? 628 01:38:37,829 --> 01:38:40,662 Are you hungry, Lasse? 629 01:38:40,832 --> 01:38:43,415 I miss my mother. 630 01:38:51,217 --> 01:38:53,754 Come on. 631 01:38:53,928 --> 01:38:56,090 (coughs) 632 01:39:06,899 --> 01:39:11,609 Do you see? There are blackberries. 633 01:39:12,655 --> 01:39:16,523 You can eat them. Then you take them like this. 634 01:39:18,953 --> 01:39:21,115 Hmm! 635 01:39:21,289 --> 01:39:24,077 And I'm very hungry. 636 01:39:27,920 --> 01:39:30,753 Some crackers. 637 01:39:38,890 --> 01:39:41,882 I want to go home to my mother. 638 01:40:01,579 --> 01:40:04,867 Look over there, Lasse. There you can swing. 639 01:40:14,634 --> 01:40:17,422 Want to get up and try swinging? 640 01:40:24,060 --> 01:40:27,519 Isn't that something you want to do? 641 01:40:33,819 --> 01:40:36,311 Shall we go home? 642 01:40:43,704 --> 01:40:49,245 - Lasse, eat a little. - I don't like it. 643 01:40:50,836 --> 01:40:53,419 Do you know what this is? 644 01:40:53,631 --> 01:40:58,216 Crocodile pate. Made from real crocodile. 645 01:41:03,182 --> 01:41:06,391 Shall we pretend I'm Marie? 646 01:41:07,812 --> 01:41:13,649 Lasse. You should eat yours with like a big boy. 647 01:41:13,818 --> 01:41:18,358 And you shall drink your milk. Just like a big boy. 648 01:41:21,951 --> 01:41:24,818 You speak strangely. 649 01:41:26,581 --> 01:41:30,745 It's because I'm Swedish. And you are Swedish. 650 01:41:30,918 --> 01:41:33,000 No. 651 01:41:33,170 --> 01:41:37,289 Lasse is Swedish. And Astrid is Swedish. 652 01:41:38,718 --> 01:41:42,086 - And I am your mother. - No, you're not. 653 01:41:42,263 --> 01:41:45,801 Now you get to cook your food and then we can play afterwards. 654 01:41:51,606 --> 01:41:55,725 Lasse, I am your mother and you must do as I say! 655 01:42:15,004 --> 01:42:18,918 (Lasse coughs) So yes, Lasse. 656 01:42:24,096 --> 01:42:26,588 So yes. 657 01:42:29,226 --> 01:42:32,218 So yes. 658 01:42:33,105 --> 01:42:35,392 So yes. Come on. 659 01:42:37,318 --> 01:42:39,901 Shhh! 660 01:42:40,863 --> 01:42:43,321 So yes. 661 01:42:44,533 --> 01:42:47,821 So yes. So. 662 01:42:47,995 --> 01:42:50,077 Shhh! 663 01:43:11,602 --> 01:43:14,560 Am I disturbing you? 664 01:43:18,734 --> 01:43:21,396 I was about to write here. 665 01:43:21,612 --> 01:43:25,856 - Sorry, Mr. Lindgren. - Come with me. 666 01:43:33,124 --> 01:43:37,334 There are a lot of typos in the letter you wrote this morning. 667 01:43:37,503 --> 01:43:42,714 The car holiday book has not been sent to the printer. It's unlike you. 668 01:43:45,761 --> 01:43:49,254 It's my... son. 669 01:43:53,060 --> 01:43:55,927 He coughs and coughs. 670 01:43:56,105 --> 01:44:01,145 And I sleep nothing, for I am afraid he will die. 671 01:44:01,318 --> 01:44:04,686 I will finish writing the letters. 672 01:44:07,283 --> 01:44:10,947 - I'll send you home. - You can't fire me. 673 01:44:11,120 --> 01:44:14,954 I am dismissing you if you don't go home to your son. 674 01:44:16,292 --> 01:44:20,661 - Several texts are not clearly written. - It's an order. 675 01:44:20,838 --> 01:44:25,958 Go home to your sick boy and come not back until he is well. 676 01:44:30,306 --> 01:44:32,638 (Lasse coughs) 677 01:44:47,656 --> 01:44:50,523 (knock) 678 01:44:51,911 --> 01:44:54,027 The doctor is here. 679 01:44:54,205 --> 01:44:58,073 The doctor? I haven't called for a doctor. 680 01:44:58,250 --> 01:45:01,914 Sture Lindgren has sent me. We know each other since old times. 681 01:45:02,087 --> 01:45:06,001 - Sture...? - And it costs nothing. 682 01:45:09,804 --> 01:45:16,016 And breathe in. And exhale. Very nice. Inhale. 683 01:45:19,647 --> 01:45:22,139 - Great. - Good, sweetheart. 684 01:45:22,316 --> 01:45:24,808 So. And just lean… 685 01:45:24,985 --> 01:45:27,522 Lasse, can you cough? 686 01:45:30,366 --> 01:45:33,404 - So. - Will he recover? 687 01:45:33,619 --> 01:45:35,986 Yes, yes, this is whooping cough. 688 01:45:36,163 --> 01:45:40,828 You can't do anything about it. Nature must take its course. 689 01:45:41,919 --> 01:45:45,082 I'll come and see him in a week. 690 01:46:02,398 --> 01:46:05,231 I can't sleep. 691 01:46:13,534 --> 01:46:18,370 I don't think I have told you about the city- 692 01:46:18,622 --> 01:46:25,369 - where you drink sugary drinks and says "good morning" all the time. 693 01:46:28,090 --> 01:46:33,506 And it all started with that the adults got angry at the children- 694 01:46:33,679 --> 01:46:38,298 - and sent them away to be ashamed. 695 01:46:38,517 --> 01:46:45,105 So the children ended up in a new country where they settled all alone. 696 01:46:48,027 --> 01:46:52,442 And the children would themselves take care of themselves. 697 01:46:54,867 --> 01:47:01,330 And they were only children, so they didn't know what to do. 698 01:47:01,540 --> 01:47:05,408 So they slept with your feet on the pillow- 699 01:47:05,628 --> 01:47:08,837 -and put on the clothes inside out- 700 01:47:09,006 --> 01:47:13,091 - and said "good morning" even though it was night. 701 01:47:20,100 --> 01:47:23,013 Can I come over to you? 702 01:47:27,816 --> 01:47:30,353 Yes, come on. Come on. 703 01:47:50,673 --> 01:47:54,166 What happened next in the story? 704 01:47:55,594 --> 01:47:59,053 Well, the kids… 705 01:48:00,683 --> 01:48:04,017 ...they did everything their way. 706 01:48:05,896 --> 01:48:11,983 And climb trees and drink sugary drink... 707 01:48:12,152 --> 01:48:15,270 ...they could. 708 01:48:52,401 --> 01:48:57,737 Hi, Astrid. My grandmother often suits me and my sister. 709 01:48:57,906 --> 01:49:01,900 She says: "Let the little children come to me." 710 01:49:02,077 --> 01:49:06,662 She likes to play although she is old. 711 01:49:06,832 --> 01:49:09,620 I think you are the same. 712 01:49:09,793 --> 01:49:14,253 All the children you have in your books. It shows that you like us. 713 01:49:14,423 --> 01:49:19,008 You understand us. You are on the children's side. 714 01:50:04,932 --> 01:50:07,390 You are a nice person. 715 01:50:51,311 --> 01:50:53,803 There is my father! 716 01:51:02,573 --> 01:51:05,531 - Welcome. - Thank you. 717 01:51:07,411 --> 01:51:10,494 - This is Lasse. - Good day. 718 01:51:13,250 --> 01:51:15,912 I am your grandfather. 719 01:51:17,629 --> 01:51:19,666 Come on. 720 01:51:33,854 --> 01:51:35,891 Come on. 721 01:52:16,313 --> 01:52:18,805 She is in the kitchen. 722 01:52:44,174 --> 01:52:47,257 Yes... there you are. 723 01:52:50,180 --> 01:52:53,718 Are you going to greet grandma properly? 724 01:52:54,518 --> 01:52:56,600 Hi Lasse. 725 01:53:03,151 --> 01:53:05,017 Welcome. 726 01:53:32,639 --> 01:53:35,427 It's Sunday tomorrow. 727 01:53:36,727 --> 01:53:41,187 I wonder... if you want to accompany to church. 728 01:53:43,108 --> 01:53:45,645 If you feel like it. 729 01:53:53,952 --> 01:53:57,070 - Yes, we would like that. - Thank you. 730 01:54:01,835 --> 01:54:04,873 - Is there any coffee left? - Yes. 731 01:56:01,955 --> 01:56:04,242 Hello, Astrid Lindgren. 732 01:56:04,458 --> 01:56:09,077 We have also written a song to you. It's your birthday today. 733 01:56:09,296 --> 01:56:13,881 Our teacher helped us, but we said what it would be about. 734 01:56:14,050 --> 01:56:18,169 Now we sing it for you so you can hear it too. 735 01:56:23,894 --> 01:56:25,931 (children hum) 736 01:56:47,334 --> 01:56:52,374 Spånga dare to run 737 01:56:52,589 --> 01:56:59,052 through death into life 738 01:56:59,221 --> 01:57:04,307 run dare to run 739 01:57:04,518 --> 01:57:09,888 through the darkness into the light 740 01:57:11,566 --> 01:57:15,400 take care to live for yourself 741 01:57:16,363 --> 01:57:20,197 feel that the summer is yours 742 01:57:23,370 --> 01:57:28,115 take care to live take a step forward 743 01:57:28,291 --> 01:57:32,034 or backwards if you like 744 01:57:57,779 --> 01:58:03,570 take care to live in the middle of it 745 01:58:03,743 --> 01:58:10,331 meet the storms with a shout 746 01:58:10,500 --> 01:58:15,540 run dare to run 747 01:58:15,714 --> 01:58:22,051 through death into life 748 01:58:22,220 --> 01:58:27,306 run dare to run 749 01:58:27,517 --> 01:58:33,809 through the darkness into the light 750 01:58:33,982 --> 01:58:39,273 run dare to run 751 01:58:39,446 --> 01:58:45,692 through death into life.