Pelle the conqueror = Pelle erobreren / a Per Holst Production in cooperation with the Swedish Film Industry ; a Bille August film ; written and directed by Bille August.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. Based on the novel by Martin Andersen Nexo. Special features: trailer. Max Von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard.
Summary:
A boat filled with Swedish immigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm at the end of the 19th Century. Lasse and his son Pelle find work on a farm, but are treated very poorly. Pelle is determined to make a better life.
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