Pelle the Conqueror

They thought the world would be theirs.

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.

Pelle Hvenegaard

(Pelle Karlsson)

Max von Sydow

(Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand)

Erik Paaske

(Stengården Foreman)

Björn Granath

(Erik - Swedish Farm Worker)

Astrid Villaume

(Mrs. Kongstrup)

Axel Strøbye

(Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord)

Troels Asmussen

(Rud - A Boy)

Kristina Törnqvist

(Anna - Stengården Maid)

Karen Wegener

(Madam Olsen)

Sofie Gråbøl

(Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece)

Lars Simonsen

(Nils Køller - Father of Anna's Children)

Buster Larsen

(Ole Køller - Nils' Father)

John Wittig

(Schoolteacher Friis)

Troels Munk

(Physician)

Nis Bank-Mikkelsen

(Priest)

Lena-Pia Bernhardsson

('Suggan' (Soen) - Rud's Mother)

Anna Lise Hirsch Bjerrum

(Karna - Stengården Maid)

Morten Jørgensen

(Countryman)

Erik Frisberg

(Public Official)

Wilhelm Weber

(Stensgården Judge)

Henrik Hansen

(Gustav - Stengården Farmhand)

Thyge Andersen

(Stengården Tailor)

Benjamin Holck Henriksen

(Henrik Bødker - Student)

Daniel Roosen

(Priest's Son)

Thure Lindhardt

(Nilen - Student)

Mogens Dester

(Farmhand)

Finn Knygberg

(Farmhand)

Jørgen Hansen

(Farmhand)

Finn Olsen

(Farmhand)

Merete Holst Hansen

(Maid)

Tine Stochholm

(Maid)

Inge Marie From

(Maid)

Jytte Strandberg

(Maid)

Nina Christoffersen

(Maid)

Lone Svendsen

(Maid)

Birte Jensen

(Maid)

Henning Franck Hansen

(Student)

Lars Petersen

(Student)

Espen Hegnet Knudsen

(Student)

Jeppe Nicolaisen

(Student)

Oliver Grumme

(Student)

David Heilmann

(Student)

Thomas Bryde Hansen

(Student)

Karen Bjørkøe

(Student)

Sascha Lystrup Andersen

(Student)

Rikke Hacke

(Student)

Henriette Nielsen

(Student)

Henriette Nolsøe

(Student)

Ingeborg Holten

(Student)

Troels II Munk

(Physician)