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Pelle the Conqueror
Pelle the Conqueror
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PELLE THE CONQUEROR

Pelle erobreren

Directed by Bille August
Denmark, Sweden, 1987
Drama

Synopsis

The end of the 19th century. Lasse and his son Pelle move to Denmark and find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life and are harassed for being foreigners. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the one they left in Sweden.

Synopsis

The end of the 19th century. Lasse and his son Pelle move to Denmark and find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life and are harassed for being foreigners. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the one they left in Sweden.