Pelle erobreren (1987)

Director:

Bille August

Writers:

Martin Andersen Nexø (novel)
Bille August (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 December 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

De trodde att världen skulle bli deras

Plot:

The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm...

Plot Keywords:

Betrayal | Whisky | Heavy Drinking | Love | Death

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 20 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Pelle Hvenegaard	...	Pelle
Max von Sydow	...	Lassefar
Erik Paaske	...	Forvalter / Foreman
Björn Granath	...	Erik (as Bjørn Granath)
Astrid Villaume	...	Fru Kongstrup / Mrs. Kongstrup
Axel Strøbye	...	Kongstrup
Troels Asmussen	...	Rud
Kristina Törnqvist	...	Anna
Karen Wegener	...	Madam Olsen / Mrs. Olsen
Sofie Gråbøl	...	Jomfru Sine / Miss Sine
Lars Simonsen	...	Niels Køller
Buster Larsen	...	Ole Køller
John Wittig	...	Skolelærer / School teacher
Troels Munk	...	Læge / Doctor
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen	...	Præst / Clergyman

Also Known As:

Pelle erövraren (Sweden)
Pelle the Conqueror (USA)

Runtime:

157 min

Country:

Denmark | Sweden

Language:

Scanian | Danish | Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Denmark:11 | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Bornholm, Denmark

Company:

Per Holst Filmproduktion

Trivia:

Only the second Danish film to scoop the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, _Babette's Feast (1987)_ having done it the year before.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bille & Pelle (1988) (TV)

Again..a pleasant surprise!

Very few films can stand up so well as this one. I was very pleasant surprised when I got the DVD from the public library and I realized that I had and in my hands an unknown gem. Starting with the costumes, that are probably the most realistic ones I've seen in many movies; the actors that just perfect for their parts (specially the kids..) and finishing with a brilliant director that to me was quite unknown( I realized later that is the same one from `Misérables, Les'). If there is something missing or maybe not as good as the rest of the film is the MUSIC. Sometimes it lives up to the quality of the movie, but most of the time is just missing or is not really appropriate for the particular scene..sorry, but that's my opinion! Most of the people think that the characters are not well developed and not coherent , but to me adaptation of the book is always hard to follow, so maybe that's why you get the feeling that something is missing… The movie ranks on top of my `all times favorites', a true European masterpiece!