Pelle the Conqueror (Film), released 1987 — adapted from Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.
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.
Starring Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume.
Directed by Bille August.
