Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle the Conqueror Danish Pelle Erobreren , Swedish Pelle ervraren is a 1987 DanishSwedish drama film cowritten and directed by Bille August that 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.

Based upon the famous 1910 novel of the same name by Danish writer Martin Andersen Nex, the film is set in the late 1850s and early 1860s. A boat filled with emigrants from Sweden arrives at the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle who have moved to Denmark from Skne County, in southern Sweden, to find work after the death of Pelles mother. They find employment at a large farm, but find themselves treated as the lowest form of life. It is only as Pelle starts to speak Danish that he begins to gain in confidence, but is still discriminated against as a foreigner. But neither boy nor father is willing to give up their dream of finding a better life than that which they left in Sweden.The film is a coproduction between companies in Denmark and Sweden, with the screenplay adapted by Bille August, Per Olov Enquist, Janus Billeskov Jansen, Max Lundgren, and Bjarne Reuter from the 1910 novel of the same name by Martin Andersen Nex. This adaptation was directed by August, with a score composed by Stefan Nilsson. ........

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