Pelle the Conqueror

Release Date:

Dec 21, 1988

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Running Time:

2:40

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Bille August

Cast:

Max von Sydow	Lassefar
Pelle Hvenegaard	Pelle
Erik Paaske	Forvalter/Foreman
Kristina Tornqvist	Anna
Morten Jorgensen	Landbrugselev / Farming trainee (uncredited)
Björn Granath	Erik
Astrid Villaume	Fru Kongstrup
Axel Strøbye	Kongstrup
Troels Asmussen	Rud
Karen Wegener	Madam Olsen
Sofie Gråbøl	Miss Sine
Lars Simonsen	Niels Køller
Buster Larsen	Ole Køller
John Wittig	Läraren
Troels Munk	Doktorn

Producers:

Per Holst

Language:

English

Related Programs:

The Emigrants

Fanny and Alexander

Ordet

Kolya

When his wife dies, Lassefar takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle, from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life. Signing on as laborers at a large farm, father and son undergo numerous trials, including prejudice against immigrants and run-ins with those more powerful than themselves in both the physical and the social sense. Over the course of a year, young Pelle learns what it takes to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world.

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