Pelle the Conqueror is a 1987 Danish and Swedish co-production directed by Bille August, starring Max von Sydow. It follows a Swedish father and his young son who emigrate to the Danish island of Bornholm in the late 1850s after the mother's death, seeking a new life but instead facing mistreatment, discrimination and hardship on the farm where they find work. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for best foreign language film. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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25 December 1987
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Pelle the Conqueror (Danish: Pelle Erobreren, Swedish: Pelle Erövraren) is a 1987 epic film co-written and directed by Bille August, based upon the 1906 novel of the same name by Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexø. The film tells the story of two Swedish immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves.
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