Pelle the Conqueror

Name: Pelle the Conqueror
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987-12-21
Duration: 2 h 37 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume

They thought the world would be theirs.

Pelle Erobreren (1987)

Timing: 2:37 (157 min)

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Release date

1987-12-21

Country

Denmark, Sweden

Production

SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet, Det Danske Filminstitut, Per Holst Filmproduktion

Genre

Drama

Budget

Box office

Website

Director

Bille August

Actors

Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume, Axel Strøbye, Troels Asmussen, Kristina Törnqvist, Karen Wegener, Sofie Gråbøl
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Scenario

Producer

Per Holst, Claes Kastholm Hansen, Peter Poulsen, Katinka Faragó, Klas Olofsson

Camera operator

Jörgen Persson

Composer

Stefan Nilsson

Artist

Anna Asp

Audition

Editing

Janus Billeskov Jansen
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Short description

In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.

What's left behind the scenes

Bille August's film 'Pelle the Conqueror' is included in the Danish Cultural Canon – a list of 108 works of art (in cinema, architecture, literature, visual arts, design) officially recognized as an integral part of Danish cultural values and of significant importance to Danish culture.