Pelle the Conqueror
They thought the world would be theirs.
7.3(164) 1987-12-21 157 minDrama
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.
DirectorBille August
ScreenplayBille August
ScreenplayPer Olov Enquist
ScreenplayBjarne Reuter
Original Music ComposerStefan Nilsson
ProducerPer Holst
Cast & characters
Pelle Hvenegaard
as Pelle Karlsson
Max von Sydow
as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Erik Paaske
as Stengården Foreman
Björn Granath
as Erik - Swedish Farm Worker
Astrid Villaume
as Mrs. Kongstrup
Axel Strøbye
as Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
Troels Asmussen
as Rud - A Boy
Kristina Törnqvist
as Anna - Stengården Maid
Karen Wegener
as Madam Olsen
Sofie Gråbøl
as Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece
Lars Simonsen
as Nils Køller - Father of Anna's Children
Buster Larsen
as Ole Køller - Nils' Father
John Wittig
as Schoolteacher Friis
Troels Munk
as Physician
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen
as Priest
Lena-Pia Bernhardsson
as 'Suggan' (Soen) - Rud's Mother
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Anna Lise Hirsch Bjerrum
as Karna - Stengården Maid
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Morten Jørgensen
as Countryman
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Erik Frisberg
as Public Official
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Wilhelm Weber
as Stensgården Judge
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Henrik Hansen
as Gustav - Stengården Farmhand
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Thyge Andersen
as Stengården Tailor
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Benjamin Holck Henriksen
as Henrik Bødker - Student
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Daniel Roosen
as Priest's Son
