Pelle Erobreren (1987)

Drama

The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life. Pelle starts to speak Danish but is still harassed as a foreigner. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the life they left in Sweden.

Updated May 10 2020

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US -

1987-12-25

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Keywords:

denmark sweden restart 1890s

FACTS

Runtime: 157 mins Rating: 7.3 Homepage: Website

Cast

Sofie Gråbøl

Jomfru Sine / Miss Sine

Max von Sydow

Narrator

Thure Lindhardt

Mads

Björn Granath

Rektor

Kristina Törnqvist

Anna

Pelle Hvenegaard

Pelle

Erik Paaske

Buster Larsen