Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle the Conqueror

They thought the world would be theirs. 1987-12-21 Denmark, Sweden 157 minutes.

7.30 164 votes

Drama farm island based on novel or book farm worker bullying working class poverty class differences bornholm emigrant 19th century father son relationship

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Overview

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.

Year 1987

Studio SF Studios, Per Holst Filmproduktion, Svenska Filminstitutet, Det Danske Filminstitut

Director Bille August

Crew Martin Andersen Nexø (Novel), Per Olov Enquist (Screenplay), Bille August (Director), Stefan Nilsson (Original Music Composer), Janus Billeskov Jansen (Editor), Bille August (Screenplay)

Popularity 3

Language Dansk, svenska

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