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.
Directed by
Bille August
Cast
Max von Sydow - Pappa Lasse
Pelle Hvenegaard - Pelle/Pappa Lasse's Son
Erik Paaske - Bailiff
Bjorn Granath - Erik
Axel Strobye - Mr Kongstrup
Astrid Villaume - Mrs Kongstrup
Troels Asmussen - Rud
John Wittig - Mr Fris/Schoolteacher
Anne Lise Hirsch - Bjerrum Karna
Production Co.
Per Holst Filmproduktion
Svensk Filmindustri
Svenska Filminstitutet Foundation
Danmarks Radio TV
Kaerne Film
Produced by
Per Holst
Studio
Miramax Records
Writer
Bille August
Martin Andersen Nexo
Music
Stefan Nilsson
