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Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Directed by Bille August
“They thought the world would be theirs.”
Drama · 2h 37m
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
Cast
Pelle Hvenegaard
Pelle Karlsson
Max von Sydow
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Erik Paaske
Stengården Foreman
Björn Granath
Erik - Swedish Farm Worker
Astrid Villaume
Mrs. Kongstrup
Axel Strøbye
Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
Troels Asmussen
Rud - A Boy
Kristina Törnqvist
Anna - Stengården Maid
Karen Wegener
Madam Olsen
Sofie Gråbøl
Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece
Lars Simonsen
Nils Køller - Father of Anna's Children
Buster Larsen
Ole Køller - Nils' Father
Crew
- Director
- Bille August
- Screenplay
- Per Olov Enquist, Bille August, Bjarne Reuter
- Novel
- Martin Andersen Nexø
- Director of Photography
- Jörgen Persson
- Original Music Composer
- Stefan Nilsson
- Editor
- Janus Billeskov Jansen
- Producer
- Per Holst
Details
- Original title
- Pelle Erobreren
- Release date
- 1987-12-21
- Runtime
- 2h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DA
- Spoken languages
- Danish, Swedish
- Countries
- Denmark, Sweden
- Production
- SF Studios, Per Holst Filmproduktion, Svenska Filminstitutet, Det Danske Filminstitut