Pelle the Conqueror
Film1987157 min7.3/10 on TMDB
Directed by Bille August
They thought the world would be theirs.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Pelle HvenegaardPelle Karlsson
Max von SydowLasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Erik PaaskeStengården Foreman
Björn GranathErik - Swedish Farm Worker
Astrid VillaumeMrs. Kongstrup
Axel StrøbyeKongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
Troels AsmussenRud - A Boy
Kristina TörnqvistAnna - Stengården Maid
Karen WegenerMadam Olsen
Sofie GråbølMiss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece
Lars SimonsenNils Køller - Father of Anna's Children
Buster LarsenOle Køller - Nils' FatherExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Per Olov Enquist
- Director
- Bille August
- Screenplay
- Bille August
- Original Music Composer
- Stefan Nilsson
- Director of Photography
- Jörgen Persson
- Screenplay
- Bjarne Reuter
- Editor
- Janus Billeskov Jansen
- Producer
- Per Holst