Pelle the Conqueror

They thought the world would be theirs.

Plot Summary

In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.

7.3 /10

1987

DK

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farm

island

based on novel or book

farm worker

bullying

working class

poverty

class differences

bornholm

emigrant

19th century

father son relationship