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Pelle the Conqueror

(Pelle erobreren)

German title: Pelle der Eroberer
Francaise title: Pelle le conquérant
Spain title: Pelle el conquistador
Greek title: Πελλέ, ο κατακτητής
Russian title: Пелле завоеватель
Original title: Pelle erobreren

Alternative titles:
Pelle, der Eroberer | Pelle – der Eroberer | Pelle erövraren | Pelle, o kataktitis

Youth drama – Sweden, Denmark
Production year: 1986
Movie length: 157 minutes

Director: Bille August
Writer: Martin Andersen Nexø, Bille August, Per Olov Enquist, Bjarne Reuter
Cinematograph: Jörgen Persson
Music: Stefan Nilsson

Movie description:

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.

Boy Actors