Pelle the Conqueror [Sub: Eng] 1987 Watch Free in HD

The film is set in the end of the 19th century. 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

Genre:

Drama

Actors:

Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume, Axel Strøbye, Troels Asmussen, Kristina Törnqvist, Karen Wegener, Sofie Gråbøl, Lars Simonsen, ...»

Director:

Bille August

Country:

United States

Release:

1987

IMDb:

7.8

Quality:

Duration:

157 min

Chicago Reader

Beneath the transparent, by-the-numbers schema there are potent elements at play in this work, but unfortunately they go unexplored.

February 27, 2017

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TV Guide

This is an often brutal tale which is boosted by a powerful performance from Von Sydow.

February 27, 2017

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Empire Magazine

Director Bille August and ace Scandinavian cameraman Per Holst make the film a visual treat.

February 27, 2017

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Los Angeles Times

The film is a towering achievement, grueling in its portrayal of a harsh existence yet ultimately an exhilarating experience unlikely to be forgotten.

February 27, 2017

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Film4

Without Max Von Sydow's central performance this would be a commendable, if not particularly subtle piece of filmmaking. With it, it's something very special.

February 27, 2017

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Variety

Pelle the Conqueror is a feature film of epic proportions and a relentlessly unsentimental look at life among the haves and, primarily, the have-nots on a big turn-of-the-century farm.

March 26, 2009

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People Magazine

The movie -- ravishingly photographed by Jorgen (Elvira Madigan) Persson -- dazzles with incident but fails to find the human focus to validate a lasting claim on the heart.

February 27, 2017

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Chicago Tribune

The chilly, oppressive Danish film Pelle the Conqueror has only one artistic aim: to wrench as much pity as possible from its audience.

February 27, 2017

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Orlando Sentinel

Written and directed by Bille August, Pelle the Conqueror is peopled with the sort of vivid minor characters that lodge in your consciousness.

February 27, 2017

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New Times

Von Sydow was better in Strange Brew, but still rather sweet.

March 01, 2005

Radio Times

Director Bille August's adaptation of the first part of Nobel Prize winner Martin Andersen Nexo's four-volume novel is genuine life-affirming drama.

February 27, 2017

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Village Voice

Pelle itself, rather surprisingly, is a natural, organic epic, and one that opens a window on a meticulously detailed bygone world that, by film's end, you might feel as though you've visited.

February 27, 2017

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