Pelle de Veroveraar (Pelle the Conqueror) - English subtitled
Gripping historical drama about a father and son that migrate from Sweden to Denmark, in hope of a better life.
At the end of the nineteenth century, Lasse, and his son Pelle, like many other migrants, leave Sweden by boat for the Danish island of Bornholm. They want to build a new life there, but things don’t go as smoothly as they imagined. Lasse finds work at a large farm but is treated inhumanely and even though Pelle learns Danish he still doesn’t fit in. However, their dream of a better life never dies.
PELLE THE CONQUEROR was the big international breakthrough for Danish director Bille August. He won both the Golden Palm and the Oscar for best non-English language film. Star actor Max von Sydow definitely carries the film. He is unsurpassed at the difficult challenge of appearing not to act, of appearing to be a simple and true man even in scenes of great complexity.