Word: conquerors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lasse and Pelle Karlsson, the world is a desolate, unrewarding place. The father and son couple who star in Pelle the Conqueror have migrated from Sweden to Denmark, and their troubles begin as soon as they step off the boat...
Pelle the Conqueror...
...plot of Pelle the Conqueror is an adaption of the first of four volumes of a novel written by Martin Anderson Nexo. Lasse finds a position as a lowly stable hand on Stone Farm, which is owned by sexually promiscuous, bourgeois businessman. And though this is not the best of jobs nor the best of living accommodations, Lasse and Pelle try to hold on to their pride and their hope for a better future...
Their male counterparts, joining Rain Man's Hoffman, included Gene Hackman for Mississippi Burning. He was joined by Oscar-nominee newcomers Tom Hanks for Big, Edward James Olmos for Stand and Deliver and veteran actor Max Von Sydow for Denmark's Pelle the Conqueror...
PELLE THE CONQUEROR. A timid old Swede and his dashing young son find work on a 19th century Danish farm. Aided by stars Max von Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard, director Bille August cuts a stern, colorful grand swatch of masterpiece cinema...