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.
Release Date: 21 December 1988Runtime: 157 min
Stars:
- Astrid Villaume
- Axel Strøbye
- Björn Granath
- Buster Larsen
- Erik Paaske
- John Wittig
- Karen Wegener
- Kristina Törnqvist
- Lars Simonsen
- Max von Sydow
- Nis Bank-Mikkelsen
- Pelle Hvenegaard
- Sofie Gråbøl
- Troels Asmussen
- Troels Munk
Director: Bille August
