Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | English title on container: Pelle the conqueror
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| Other uniform titles: | August, Bille, 1948-
Holst, Per, 1939-
Hvenegaard, Pelle, 1975-
Sydow, Max von, 1929-
Paaske, Erik, 1933-1992,
Granath, Bjorn, 1946-
Villaume, Astrid, 1923-1995,
Persson, Jörgen, 1936-
Billeskov Jansen, Janus, 1951-
Nilsson, Stefan,
Cowie, Peter,
Rafferty, Terrence,
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Andersen Nexø, Martin, 1869-1954. Pelle Erobreren.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Per Holst filmproduktion, production company.
Svensk filmindustri, production company.
Danmarks radio, production company.
Danske filminstitut, production company.
Svenska filminstitutet, production company.
Film Movement (Firm), publisher.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital optical stereo
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| Digital file characteristics: | video fie Blu-ray region A region B region C
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| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Based on the novel by Martin Andersen Nexø.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: Commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; trailer; new essay by Terrence Rafferty.
Director of photography, Jörgen Persson ; editor, Janus Billeskov Jansen ; music, Stefan Nilsson.
Max Von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, Erik Paaske, Bjørn Granath, Astrid Villaume.
Blu-ray; widescreen 1.85:1; LPCM stereo; regions A, B, C.
Danish or Swedish dialogue; optional English subtitles.
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| Summary: | "Lasse, an elderly and widowed farmer, and his young son, Pelle, join a boat-load of immigrants to escape from impoverished rural Sweden to Denmark's Baltic island of Bornholm. They are employed at a large farm in Denmark, where they treated as the lowest of the low. It is ultimately their loving relationship which sustains through a difficult year." -- Container.
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| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: PG-13.
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| Awards: | Academy Award, 1989: Best foreign language film.
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| Standard no.: | 859686006154
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