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Pelle the Conqueror
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1987 film directed by Bille August
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7.3In 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.
Cast
- Pelle Hvenegaard as Pelle Karlsson
- Max von Sydow as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
- Erik Paaske as Stengården Foreman
- Björn Granath as Erik - Swedish Farm Worker
- Astrid Villaume as Mrs. Kongstrup
- Axel Strøbye as Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
Themes
- farm
- island
- based on novel or book
- farm worker
- bullying
- working class
- poverty
- class differences
- bornholm
- emigrant
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
12,059 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 157 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 22 wins & 9 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Bille August
- Screenplay by
- Bille August, Per Olov Enquist , Bjarne Reuter , Max Lundgren
- Based on
- Pelle Erobreren , by Martin Andersen Nexø
- Produced by
- Per Holst
- Starring
- Max von Sydow , Pelle Hvenegaard , Erik Paaske , Bjørn Granath
- Cinematography
- Jörgen Persson
- Edited by
- Janus Billeskov Jansen
- Music by
- Stefan Nilsson
- Production companies
- Odyssey Entertainment , Svensk Filmindustri , Per Holst Filmproduktion
- Distributed by
- Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden) , Kærne Film (Denmark)
- Release date
- 25 December 1987 ( 1987-12-25 )
- Running time
- 157 minutes
- Countries
- Denmark, Sweden
- Languages
- Scanian , Danish, Swedish
- Budget
- $4.5 million
- Box office
- $2 million (US/Canada)
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Encyclopedic overview
Pelle the Conqueror (Danish: Pelle Erobreren, Swedish: Pelle Erövraren) is a 1987 epic film co-written and directed by Bille August, based upon the 1906 novel of the same name by Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexø. The film tells the story of two Swedish immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves. It stars Pelle Hvenegaard as the young Pelle, with Max von Sydow as his father, and also features Axel Strøbye and Astrid Villaume.
A co-production of Denmark and Sweden, August chose to adapt Boyhood, the first part of Nexø's novel, seeking to make an epic and citing the novel's status as essential reading in Denmark. Pelle Hvenegaard was 11 when he was cast, after some 3,000 children auditioned. Like many other boys in Denmark, he was named by his family for the novel's eponymous character.
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