Pelle the Conqueror

1987 · 157 min · Original language: Danish

TMDB 7.3/10 · 168 votes

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.

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