Pelle The Conqueror

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**Academy Award And Golden Globe Winner For Best Foreign Language Film** Winner Of The Palme Dor At The Cannes Film Festival. Lasse, An Elderly And Widowed Farmer, And His Young Son Pelle, Join A Boat-Load Of Immigrants To Escape From Impoverished Rural Sweden To Denmarks Baltic Island Of Bornholm. They Are Employed At A Large Farm In Denmark, Where They Are Treated As The Lowest Of The Low. It Is Ultimately Their Loving Relationship Which Sustains Them Through A Difficult Year. Bonus Feature: Commentary By Film Scholar Peter Cowie. Package Includes: Collectors Booklet With Film Essay By Academic/Film Critic, Terrence Rafferty; Cast And Crew Credits; Chapter Breaks; Stills.