Pelle the conqueror / Per Holst præsenterer ; en film af Bille August ; instruktion, Bille August ; manuskript, Bille August ; produktion, Per Holst filmproduktion, Svensk filmindustri, Danmarks radio, Det Danske filminstitut, Svenska filminstitet.
Max Von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, Erik Paaske, Bjørn Granath, Astrid Villaume. Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. Based on the novel by Martin Andersen Nexø. Special features: Commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie.
Summary:
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.
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