Pelle the Conqueror

35 mmORSS15
Director:Bille August
Premiere:1. November 1990
Length:148 minutes
Genre:Drama

Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle erobreren; Bille August, 1987, versions: OR,SS,

Director: Bille August • Scenario: Bille August, Per Olov Enquist, Bjarne Reuter • Kameraman: Jörgen Persson • Actors: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume, Axel Strøbye

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.

Length: 148 min

Year: 1987
Local premiere date: 1. November 1990

Country of origin:

  • Sweden
  • Denmark

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles

Director: Bille August • Scenario: Bille August, Per Olov Enquist, Bjarne Reuter • Kameraman: Jörgen Persson • Actors: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume, Axel Strøbye

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.

Year: 1987
Local premiere date: 1. November 1990

Country of origin:

  • Sweden
  • Denmark

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles