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{{short description|1987 film directed by Bille August}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Pelle the Conqueror
| image          = Pelle original.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Original Swedish poster
| director       = [[Bille August]]
| producer       = [[Per Holst]]
| screenplay     = Bille August<br />[[Per Olov Enquist]]<br />[[Bjarne Reuter]]<br />[[Max Lundgren]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Pelle the Conqueror (novel)|Pelle Erobreren]]''|[[Martin Andersen Nexø]]}}
| starring       = [[Max von Sydow]]<br />[[Pelle Hvenegaard]]<br />[[Erik Paaske]]<br />[[Björn Granath|Bjørn Granath]]
| music          = [[Stefan Nilsson (composer)|Stefan Nilsson]]
| cinematography = Jörgen Persson
| editing        = Janus Billeskov Jansen
| studio         = [[Odyssey Entertainment]]<br />[[Svensk Filmindustri]]<br />[[Per Holst|Per Holst Filmproduktion]]
| distributor    = Svensk Filmindustri {{small|(Sweden)}}<br />Kærne Film {{small|(Denmark)}}
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|1987|12|25}}
| runtime        = 157 minutes<ref>{{cite web |title=Pelle Erobreren |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/pelle-erobreren |work=[[Det Danske Filminstitut]] |access-date=6 March 2020 |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814210017/https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/pelle-erobreren |url-status=live}}</ref>
| country        = Denmark<br />Sweden<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/311517 |title=Pelle Erobreren (1987) |date=5 September 2016 |work=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=10 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802014946/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/311517 |archive-date=2 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| language       = [[Scanian dialect|Scanian]]<br />Danish<br />Swedish
| budget         = $4.5&nbsp;million<ref name="Russell">{{Cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-03-19/features/8901150161_1_pelle-hvenegaard-lasse-karlsson-conqueror |title=Great Expectations at Heart Of Oscar-nominated Film |last=Russell |first=Candice |date=19 March 1989 |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916140112/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-03-19/features/8901150161_1_pelle-hvenegaard-lasse-karlsson-conqueror |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| gross          = $2,053,931<ref name="Mojo">{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pelletheconqueror.htm |title=Pelle the Conqueror |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |archive-date=17 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917114829/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pelletheconqueror.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
'''''Pelle the Conqueror''''' ({{langx|da|'''Pelle Erobreren'''}}, {{langx|sv|'''Pelle Erövraren'''}}) is a 1987 [[epic film]] co-written and directed by [[Bille August]], based upon the 1910 novel of the [[Pelle the Conqueror (novel)|same name]] by Danish writer [[Martin Andersen Nexø]]. The film tells the story of two Swedish immigrants to Denmark, a father and son, who try to build a new life for themselves. It stars [[Pelle Hvenegaard]] as the young Pelle, with [[Max von Sydow]] as his father, and also features [[Axel Strøbye]] and [[Astrid Villaume]].

A co-production of Denmark and Sweden, August chose to adapt ''Boyhood'', the first part of Nexø's novel, seeking to make an epic and citing the novel's status as essential reading in Denmark. Pelle Hvenegaard was 11 when he was cast, after some 3,000 children auditioned. Like many other boys in Denmark, he was named by his family for the novel's eponymous character.

The film screened at the [[1988 Cannes Film Festival]] and [[New York Film Festival]]. It was critically acclaimed, winning the [[Palme d'Or]] and the 1988 [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]], and numerous other honours.