Title:
Pelle the conqueror [DVD video]
Edition:
30th anniversary restoration.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
[New York, N.Y.] : Film Movement, [2017]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
Abstract:
A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find employment at a large farm, but are treated as the lowest form of life. Pelle starts to speak Danish but is still harassed as a foreigner.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Based on the novel by Martin Andersen Nexø.
Special features: Commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie.
Performers:
Max Von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, Erik Paaske, Bjørn Granath, Astrid Villaume.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; LPCM 2.0.
Geographic Term:
Language:
Danish
Additional Language:
Danish or Swedish dialogue; optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Added Corporate Author:
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13.