Pelle the Conqueror
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bille August
Pelle Hvenegaard
Max Von Sydow
Erik Paaske
Benjamin Holck Henricksen
Morten Jorgensen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Lasse, an elderly and widowed farmer, and his young son Pelle, join a boat-load of immigrants to escape from impoverished rural Sweden to Denmark's Baltic island of Bornholm. They are employed at a large farm in Denmark, where they are treated as the lowest of the low. It is ultimately their loving relationship which sustains them through a difficult year.
Director
Bille August
Cast
Pelle Hvenegaard
Max Von Sydow
Erik Paaske
Benjamin Holck Henricksen
Morten Jorgensen
Axel Strobye
Thure Lindhardt
Kristina Tornquist
Sofie Grabol
Lena-pia Bernhardsson
Thyge Andersen
Astrid Villaume
Henrik Hansen
Bjorn Granath
Daniel Roosen
Lars Simonsen
Anne Lise Hirsch Bjerrum
Troels Asmussen
Buster Larsen
Wilhelm Weber
Nis Bank-mikkelsen
John Wittig
Crew
Niels Arild
Niels Arild
Jens Arnoldus
Jens Arnoldus
Anna Asp
Bille August
Ivar Baungaard
Tove Berg
Soren Berthelin
Ditte Christiansen
Kaj Gronberg
Jan Guldbrandsen
Jan Guldbrandsen
Kent Hogberg
Kent Hogberg
Grethe Holleufer
Per Holst
Kicki Ilander
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Gitte Kolvig
Per Kolvig
Rolf Konow
Rolf Konow
Rolf Lindstrom
Lars Lund
Lars Lund
Magnus Magnusson
Stine Monty
Martin Andersen Nexo
Lisbeth Nielsen
Stefan Nilsson
Eg Norre
Jorgen Persson
Jorgen Persson
Birthe Qualmann
Thorkil Slebsager
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Foreign Language Film
Award Nominations
Best Actor
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 21, 1988
Released in United States December 23, 1988
Re-released in United States February 24, 2017
Released in United States March 17, 2017
Released in United States on Video June 21, 1989
Released in United States 1988
Released in United States November 1988
Released in United States November 20, 1988
Released in United States July 1989
Shown at New York Film Festival September 30 & October 1, 1988.
Shown at Nordic Film Days Lubeck, West Germany November 3-6, 1988.
Shown at London Film Festival November 20, 1988.
Shown at Wellington Film Festival July 7-22, 1989.
Began shooting July 14, 1986.
Completed shooting November 19, 1986.
Released in United States Winter December 21, 1988
Released in United States December 23, 1988 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States March 17, 2017
Released in United States on Video June 21, 1989
Released in United States 1988 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 30 & October 1, 1988.)
Released in United States November 1988 (Shown at Nordic Film Days Lubeck, West Germany November 3-6, 1988.)
Released in United States November 20, 1988 (Shown at London Film Festival November 20, 1988.)
Re-released in United States February 24, 2017 (New York)
English dubbed version available
The Country of Denmark
Released in United States July 1989 (Shown at Wellington Film Festival July 7-22, 1989.)
