72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Pelle erobreren / Pelle The Conqueror

Bille August
Sweden - Denmark
Synopsis
At the end of the 19th century, a boat full of Swedish emigrants arrives to the Danish island of Bornholm in search of work. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle. They find a job at a large farm where their employers treat them as the lowest form of life. Although Pelle starts to speak Danish, he is still seen as a foreigner; but he refuses to give up his dream of finding a better life than the one he left in Sweden.
Director
Bille August
Screenplay
Bille August, Per Olov Enquist, Bjarne Reuter
Photography
Jörgen Persson
Edition
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Music
Stefan Nilsson
Cast
Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume
Running Time
157 m.
Country
Sweden - Denmark
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