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.
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HD
Drama
1987
157 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Pelle the Conqueror
- Duration : 157 min
- Languages : Scanian, Danish, Swedish
- Writers : Martin Andersen Nexè (novel), Bille August (screenplay), Per Olov Enquist, Bjarne Reuter
- Directors : Bille August min
- Imdb : 7.9 (7212 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.9 (3936 votes)
- Actors : Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Bjèrn Granath
Movie Storyline
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.