Movie Details

Title

Pelle the Conqueror

Overview

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.

Runtime

2 h 37 min

Release Date

25 December 1987

Actors

Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Kristina Törnqvist, Astrid Villaume, Axel Strøbye, Sofie Gråbøl, Troels Asmussen, Karen Wegener, Lars Simonsen, Buster Larsen, John Wittig, Troels Munk, Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Lena-Pia Bernhardsson, Anna Lise Hirsch Bjerrum, Thure Lindhardt, Morten Jørgensen, Erik Frisberg, Wilhelm Weber, Mogens Dester, Finn Knygberg, Henrik Hansen, Jørgen Hansen, Finn Olsen, Thyge Andersen, Merete Holst Hansen, Tine Stochholm, Inge Marie From, Jytte Strandberg, Nina Christoffersen, Lone Svendsen, Birte Jensen, Henning Franck Hansen, Lars Petersen, Espen Hegnet Knudsen, Jeppe Nicolaisen, Oliver Grumme, Benjamin Holck Henriksen, David Heilmann, Thomas Bryde Hansen, Karen Bjørkøe, Sascha Lystrup Andersen, Rikke Hacke, Henriette Nielsen, Henriette Nolsøe, Ingeborg Holten, Daniel Roosen

Certification

PG-13

Genres

Drama

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