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Synopsis: The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life. Pelle starts to speak Danish but is still harassed as a foreigner. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the life they left in Sweden.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Bille August
Production: HBO Video
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 21 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
PG-13
Year:
1987
157 min
174 Views


Of course. The teacher must have told you that.

No. I figured that out on my own.

Did you now? You've become so clever, Pelle.

What will become of a person with so much learning?

Imagine if they serve roast pork.

Roast pork with raisins.

Or apples. Some people make it

with apples instead of raisins.

Well, let's wait and see.

Get out! I don't want any trouble with you.

Christ! Herring on Christmas Eve. That's a first.

If the food doesn't agree with you,

go somewhere else!

Herring every damn day.

How about roast pork for Christmas Eve?

You always have to complain!

Go home to Sweden, if you're so unhappy.

Are you so damned stingy? Don't we earn our bread?

That's rich coming from you, you lazy cad.

Go over to your room.

Shame!

Shame on Stengrden! Shame!

Any more complaints?

- Scram, you oaf.

- Stay with your own kind, coward.

Don't get too close, Pelle. The water is wet.

You might get wet, you coward.

Get out of here, Pelle!

You might get dizzy and fall in the water.

Go home, Pelle.

- Get back to your own kind.

- Scram, Pelle, you coward.

- Coward!

- I'm no more of a coward than you.

You don't even dare jump in the water!

Daft fool. Jumping in the water

like a lovestruck woman!

You damn scoundrel.

You deserve a good whipping, Pelle.

If you had drowned,

I would have beaten you to a pulp.

What kind of damned kid did I father?

Wouldn't it be a good idea to do a bloodletting?

Here you go. It's good for colds.

Don't be afraid, Pelle. I'm not a witch.

I'm just very unhappy sometimes.

Oh, Lord...

You don't even have a mother, you poor thing.

Ma Bengta died three years ago.

Now she's in the left-hand corner of the churchyard.

Do you miss her a lot?

Lasse mends my clothes.

I'm sure she was a good mother.

In the end she was so ill and cross.

Then it's better to pass away.

But Lasse will get married again

if he can find someone who'll have him.

And then you'll leave this place.

This place isn't good for you, I guess.

Stengrden is not good for anyone.

Everything turns into misery here.

It's probably an old curse.

Is that what they say?

Oh, Well.

What do they say about me then?

That you are allied with the devil

and become a werewolf at night.

All this just because you love just one person.

Why does he do this to me?

He's gone to the town again, that fornicator.

I married him and made a gentleman farmer out of him.

I gave him my love. I've given him all I have.

- If only he had given me a child.

- I have to go back to Lasse Pa.

Now you're afraid of me again.

You're a good boy, Pelle.

If I had had a son he should have been just like you.

Come.

Lasse Pa. The mistress is coming

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Bille August

Bille August (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish Academy Award-winning film and television director. His 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d'Or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of only eight directors to win the Palme d'Or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1992 for The Best Intentions, based on the autobiographical script by Ingmar Bergman. He was married to Swedish actress Pernilla August from 1991 to 1997. more…

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