Pelle the Conqueror
They thought the world would be theirs.
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.
- Year : 1987
- Country : Denmark, Sweden
- Genre : Drama
- Studio : SF Studios, Per Holst Filmproduktion, Svenska Filminstitutet, Det Danske Filminstitut
- Keyword : farm, island, based on novel or book, farm worker, bullying, working class, poverty, class differences, bornholm, emigrant, 19th century, father son relationship
- Director : Bille August
- Cast : Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume, Axel Strøbye