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Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d'Or at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival [20] The film also won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1988; [21] it was submitted to the Academy by the Danish government, giving Denmark its second consecutive win after Babette's Feast. [22]
Bille August RD (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. August's 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror won the Palme d'Or, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award.
Dec 21, 1988 · Pelle the Conqueror: Directed by Bille August. With Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath. When his wife dies, Lasse takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle, from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life.
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Mar 25, 2010 · Pelle The Conqueror (Denmark) - 61st Academy Awards - Best Foreign Movie Winner [1989] - Trailer
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Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film; Best Actor nomination: Max von Sydow. Cannes Film Festival Won Golden Palm. European Film Awards Best Actor: Max von Sydow; Best Young Actor: Pelle Hvenegaard. Golden Globes: Best Foreign Language Film.
1990 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Film not in the English Language; Per Holst; Bille August
Jan 1, 1987 · Writer-helmer Bille August avoids larger social issues and stays firmly down on the farm with the story culled from episodes in the first, and best, volume of Danish Nobel Prize winner Martin...
