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Pelle the Conqueror [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Bille August.

Trinity Home Entertainment ; distributed by Vivendi Entertainment Canada, c2006.

Social classes -- Drama.

Alternate title:

Pelle Erobreren [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (150 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the novel by Martin Andersen Nexo.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

Special features: Scene selection ; trailer ; interactive menus.

Widescreen presentation.

Audio: English 5.1 (Dolby digital), English 2.0, Swedish.

A Denmark/Sweden coproduction.

Includes original Swedish [with some Danish and some Scanian] and dubbed English language soundtracks with optional subtitles in English.

Closed-captioned.

Written and directed by Bille August.

Max Von Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard.

"Hailed as 'wonderful' by Leonard Maltin, this winner of the 1987 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film follows the epic journey into a father and son who leave their native Sweden to try and find a better life in Denmark. But they discover even harsher conditions upon their arrival in the new land, as they can only find work on a large farm run by an unsympathetic philanderer. Starring Max Von Sydow in his Oscar-nominated performance for Best Actor, Pelle The Conqueror is a remarkable tale of passion, pain and the extraordinary triumph of the human spirit."--Container.

Academy Award, 1989: Best Foreign Language Film.

Coming-of-age films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Andersen Nexø, Martin, 1869-1954. Pelle Erobreren.

August, Bille, 1948-

Sydow, Max von, 1929-

Hvenegaard, Pelle, 1975-

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