Three Robbers and a Lion

Rasmus A.
Sivertsen

RASMUS SIVERTSEN (b. 1972) is one of Scandinavia’s most prolific directors, with films screened in competition in Annecy, at the Berlinale, in Shanghai, Giffoni and more. He studied animation at Volda University College (1993-95) and has been a co-owner of Qvisten Animation since 1996. Sivertsen has directed several animated TV series, numerous commercials and 12 feature films, including Kurt Turns Evil (2008), two films featuring Ploddy the Police Car (2010, 2013), Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine (2013), In the Forest of Huckybucy (2016), the Berlinale competition title Louis & Luca – Mission to the Moon (2018), the Qvisten original Just Super (2022) and Three Robbers and a Lion (2022), based on one of the most beloved Norwegian children’s books of all time.

Everyone would live peacefully in the idyllic Cardamom Town if it was not for three thieves constantly on the prowl. Chaos rules the troublemakers’ everyday lives, which includes their household, as they live with a lion! Desperate need of a housekeeper, they kidnap the orderly Aunt Sofie, who she bosses them around to clean up themselves. After sending her back to town, things get worse for the terrible trio... until they get a chance to prove that they are not so bad after all!