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Pelle the Conqueror (1987)

They thought the world would be theirs.

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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.

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Cast

  • Pelle Hvenegaard Pelle Hvenegaard Pelle Karlsson
  • Max von Sydow Max von Sydow Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
  • Erik Paaske Erik Paaske Stengården Foreman
  • Björn Granath Björn Granath Erik - Swedish Farm Worker
  • Astrid Villaume Astrid Villaume Mrs. Kongstrup
  • Axel Strøbye Axel Strøbye Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
  • Troels Asmussen Troels Asmussen Rud - A Boy
  • Kristina Törnqvist Kristina Törnqvist Anna - Stengården Maid
  • Karen Wegener Karen Wegener Madam Olsen
  • Sofie Gråbøl Sofie Gråbøl Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece
  • Lars Simonsen Lars Simonsen Nils Køller - Father of Anna's Children
  • Buster Larsen Buster Larsen Ole Køller - Nils' Father
  • John Wittig John Wittig Schoolteacher Friis
  • Troels Munk Troels Munk Physician
  • Nis Bank-Mikkelsen Nis Bank-Mikkelsen Priest
  • Lena-Pia Bernhardsson Lena-Pia Bernhardsson 'Suggan' (Soen) - Rud's Mother
  • Anna Lise Hirsch Bjerrum Karna - Stengården Maid
  • Morten Jørgensen Countryman

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