Pelle the Conqueror

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Sam Smith) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them. Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano. Lasse, an elderly and widowed farmer, and his young son Pelle, join a boat-load of immigrants to escape from impoverished rural Sweden to Denmark's 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. directed by: Bille August starring: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Björn Granath 1987 / 150 min / 1.85:1 / Danish DTS-HD MA 2.0 Additional info: Region A Blu-ray Commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie Essay by Terrence Rafferty English subtitles