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 ...
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| Pelle Hvenegaard | ... | Pelle | |
| Max von Sydow | ... | Lassefar | |
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Erik Paaske | ... | Forvalter / Foreman |
| Björn Granath | ... | Erik (as Bjørn Granath) | |
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Astrid Villaume | ... | Fru Kongstrup / Mrs. Kongstrup |
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Axel Strøbye | ... | Kongstrup |
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Troels Asmussen | ... | Rud |
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Kristina Törnqvist | ... | Anna |
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Karen Wegener | ... | Madam Olsen / Mrs. Olsen |
| Sofie Gråbøl | ... | Jomfru Sine / Miss Sine | |
| Lars Simonsen | ... | Niels Køller | |
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Buster Larsen | ... | Ole Køller |
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John Wittig | ... | Skolelærer / School teacher |
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Troels Munk | ... | Læge / Doctor |
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Nis Bank-Mikkelsen | ... | Præst / Clergyman |
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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 are treated as the lowest form of life. Pelle starts to speak Danish but is still harassed as a foreigner. But none of them wants to give up their dream of finding a better life than the life they left in Sweden. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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boy | father son relationship | spanking | farm worker | based on novel |Taglines:
De trodde att världen skulle bli derasGenres:
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21 December 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$45,985, 25 December 1988, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$2,053,931Company Credits
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Pelle: Father?
Lassefar: Everything's gonna be fine.
Pelle: Tell it again.
Lassefar: This new country we're going to is very different.
Pelle: Talk more about it.
Lassefar: They put raisins in the pork roast and butter on the bread. They put a lot of butter on the bread. Brandy is cheap as water and it is so strong that it knocks you off. But your father can take it, Pelle, because he's strong.
Pelle: And children are free all day.
Lassefar: Yes, Pelle, yes.
Pelle: Tell it again.
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The film is set in the island of Bornholm, but none of the characters speak in the local dialect. See more »Goofs
Although set on the island of Bornholm, the characters speak standard Danish instead of the Bornholmsk dialect, and do not have Bornholm accents either. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Pelle: Father?
Lassefar: Everything's gonna be fine.
Pelle: Tell it again.
Lassefar: This new country we're going to is very different.
Pelle: Talk more about it.
Lassefar: They put raisins in the pork roast and butter on the bread. They put a lot of butter on the bread. Brandy is cheap as water and it is so strong that it knocks you off. But your father can take it, Pelle, because he's strong.
Pelle: And children are free all day.
Lassefar: Yes, Pelle, yes.
Pelle: Tell it again.
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Max von Sydow has probably been given proper recognition for his body of work in Europe, but I don't think we have acknowledged that talent sufficiently in America.
This is a superbly made film for which more knowledgeable reviewers than I can make appropriate comments concerning everything from the original story line to the scenic shots covering changing weather and the years of growth of all the characters.
My only contribution is this: Where else do you have a male lead role where certain aspects of being a hero are necessary to the role, yet the fact of the story is that the male lead is failing in almost every, public aspect of his life. Mr. von Sydow pulls it off. He is a failure, yet he has the stature of a hero and it's not just in the eyes of his adolescent son.
I don't think any of the current generation of male leads could have made this film -- perhaps Costner, perhaps Newman. But that's my point; if any of them had crafted this performance, they would have received recognition. Max von Sydow gave the performance of a lifetime and we didn't even know where to classify the film. The film and the male lead should have won for best in class in the year of release. As another reviewer has noted -- this is a gem.