- HD 1080
- Runtime: 157m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: da
- Country: Denmark, Sweden
- Director: Bille August
- Stars: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume
- keywords: farm, island, based on novel or book, farm worker, bullying, working class, poverty, class differences, bornholm, emigrant, 19th century, father son relationship
- Production_studio: SF Studios, Per Holst Filmproduktion, Svenska Filminstitutet, Det Danske Filminstitut
- Slogan: They thought the world would be theirs.
- The Pelle the Conqueror is featured in the top rankings of 1987
- #26 in Top Drama Movies of 1987
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.