Pelle the Conqueror 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition Detailed
HomePelle the Conqueror 30th Anniversary Blu-ray Edition Detailed
Posted April 3, 2017 05:43 PM by Webmaster
U.S. label Film Movement has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Danish director Bille August's Oscar-winning film Pelle the Conqueror (1987), starring Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, and Erik Paaske. The release will be available for purchase on May 30th.
Pelle the Conqueror was recently restored and the upcoming release celebrates its 30th anniversary. (The official trailer for the restoration is included below).
Synopsis: 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.
Special Features:
Pelle the Conqueror was recently restored and the upcoming release celebrates its 30th anniversary. (The official trailer for the restoration is included below).
Synopsis: 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.
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie.
- Collector's Booklet with film essay by film historian and critic Terrence Rafferty, cast and crew credits, and original production stills.
