Pelle the Conqueror

Pelle the Conqueror

1987 · 2 hr 37 min · PG-13

Drama

Directors

Bille August

Actors

  • Pelle Hvenegaard
  • Max von Sydow
  • Erik Paaske

Credits: 3

Summary

When his wife dies, Lasse takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle, from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life.

More about this movie

When his wife dies, Lassefar (Max von Sydow) takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle (Pelle Hvenegaard), from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life. Signing on as laborers at a large farm, father and son undergo numerous trials, including prejudice against immigrants and run-ins with those more powerful than themselves in both the physical and the social sense. Over the course of a year, young Pelle learns what it takes to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world.

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