Pelle the Conqueror

  • Drama
12/21/1987
157

They thought the world would be theirs.

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.

Director:
Bille August
Writers:
Bille August
Per Olov Enquist
Bjarne Reuter
    • 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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    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
    • John Wittig
      Schoolteacher Friis
    • Troels Munk
      Physician
    • Nis Bank-Mikkelsen
      Priest
    • Lena-Pia Bernhardsson
      'Suggan' (Soen) - Rud's Mother

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