Pelle the Conqueror

The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life. Pelle starts to speak Danish but is still harassed as a foreigner. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the life they left in Sweden.

Casts: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Bju00f6rn Granath, Astrid Villaume, Axel Stru00f8bye, Troels Asmussen, Kristina Tu00f6rnqvist, Karen Wegener, Sofie Gru00e5bu00f8l, Lars Simonsen
Director: Bille August, Tove Berg
Countrys: Denmark,Sweden

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7.8 8,801 1987-12-25 157