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Pelle the Conqueror

72.84 %|Dec 21, 1987|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Bille August
Director
Bjarne Reuter
Screenplay
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Editor
Martin Andersen Nexø
Novel
Bille August
Screenplay
Jörgen Persson
Director of Photography
Per Olov Enquist
Screenplay
Stefan Nilsson
Original Music Composer

Cast

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Pelle Hvenegaard
Pelle Karlsson
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Max von Sydow
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
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Erik Paaske
Stengården Foreman
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Björn Granath
Erik - Swedish Farm Worker
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Astrid Villaume
Mrs. Kongstrup
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Axel Strøbye
Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
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Troels Asmussen
Rud - A Boy
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Kristina Törnqvist
Anna - Stengården Maid
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Karen Wegener
Madam Olsen
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Sofie Gråbøl
Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece
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Lars Simonsen
Nils Køller - Father of Anna's Children
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Buster Larsen
Ole Køller - Nils' Father
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John Wittig
Schoolteacher Friis
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Troels Munk
Physician
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Lena-Pia Bernhardsson
'Suggan' (Soen) - Rud's Mother
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Anna Lise Hirsch Bjerrum
Karna - Stengården Maid
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Erik Frisberg
Public Official
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Wilhelm Weber
Stensgården Judge
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Henrik Hansen
Gustav - Stengården Farmhand
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Thyge Andersen
Stengården Tailor
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Benjamin Holck Henriksen
Henrik Bødker - Student
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Daniel Roosen
Priest's Son
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Thure Lindhardt
Nilen - Student
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Finn Olsen
Farmhand