Pelle erobreren (1987)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Bille August

Writers:

Martin Andersen Nexø (novel)
Bille August (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

21 diciembre 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Frase comercial:

De trodde att världen skulle bli deras

Plot:

The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Female Nudity | Whisky | Spanking | Tragedy

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 20 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Beautiful Rendering of a Difficult Life

Cast

Pelle Hvenegaard	...	Pelle
Max von Sydow	...	Lassefar
Erik Paaske	...	Forvalter / Foreman
Björn Granath	...	Erik (as Bjørn Granath)
Astrid Villaume	...	Fru Kongstrup / Mrs. Kongstrup
Axel Strøbye	...	Kongstrup
Troels Asmussen	...	Rud
Kristina Törnqvist	...	Anna
Karen Wegener	...	Madam Olsen / Mrs. Olsen
Sofie Gråbøl	...	Jomfru Sine / Miss Sine
Lars Simonsen	...	Niels Køller
Buster Larsen	...	Ole Køller
John Wittig	...	Skolelærer / School teacher
Troels Munk	...	Læge / Doctor
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen	...	Præst / Clergyman

También conocida como:

Pelle erövraren (Sweden)
Pelle the Conqueror (USA)
Pelle, el conquistador (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

157 min

País:

Denmark | Sweden

Idioma:

Scanian | Danish | Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Denmark:11 | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Bornholm, Denmark

Company:

Per Holst Filmproduktion

Trivialidades:

Only the second Danish film to scoop the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, _Babette's Feast (1987)_ having done it the year before.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bille & Pelle (1988) (TV)

Beautiful Rendering of a Difficult Life

Pelle the Conqueror won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language film when it was originally released. Although I did not see it then, it is certainly easy to see why it received that answer. It is an unsparing tale of the life of a Swedish immigrant father and son (Max von Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard) who have come to Denmark following the death of wife and mother and found work as laborers on a farm in a desolate seaside landscape. It is, to avoid giving details, a terrible life. I'm told that this is a very thin slice from a four-volume novel. So despite the film's 2-1/2 hour length, what we're shown is a tiny piece of a much larger canvas. Max von Sydow, a famous actor in his day, is superb as the elderly father of young Pelle but the child's role is also very well acted, and the direction by Bille August who also wrote the screenplay is unobtrusive but sure-handed. Since it is set in the 19th Century, there is nothing dated about this film. It is a masterwork.