Bille August Per Olov Enquist Bjarne Reuter Max Lundgren
Based on
Pelle Erobreren by Martin Andersen Nexø
Produced by
Per Holst
Starring
Max von Sydow Pelle Hvenegaard Erik Paaske Bjørn Granath
Cinematography
Jörgen Persson
Edited by
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Music by
Stefan Nilsson
Production companies
Odyssey Entertainment Svensk Filmindustri Per Holst Filmproduktion
Distributed by
Svensk Filmindustri (Sweden) Kærne Film (Denmark)
Release date
25 December 1987 (1987-12-25)
Running time
157 minutes[1]
Countries
Denmark Sweden[2]
Languages
Scanian Danish Swedish
Budget
$4.5 million[3]
Box office
$2,053,931[4]
Pelle the Conqueror (Danish: Pelle Erobreren, Swedish: Pelle Erövraren) is a 1987 epic film co-written and directed by Bille August, based upon the 1910 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. It stars Pelle Hvenegaard as the young Pelle, with Max von Sydow as his father, and also features Axel Strøbye and Astrid Villaume.
A co-production of Denmark and Sweden, August chose to adapt Boyhood, the first part of Nexø's novel, seeking to make an epic and citing the novel's status as essential reading in Denmark. Pelle Hvenegaard was 11 when he was cast, after some 3,000 children auditioned. Like many other boys in Denmark, he was named by his family for the novel's eponymous character.
The film screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and New York Film Festival. It was critically acclaimed, winning the Palme d'Or and the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and numerous other honours.
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^Russell, Candice (19 March 1989). "Great Expectations at Heart Of Oscar-nominated Film". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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