Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 157 min
- Language
- Danish
- Country
- Denmark, Sweden
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In Danish — subtitles on.
The story
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
- farm
- island
- based on novel or book
- farm worker
- bullying
- working class
- poverty
- class differences
- bornholm
- emigrant
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Pelle Hvenegaard
Pelle Karlsson
Max von Sydow
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Erik Paaske
Stengården Foreman
Björn Granath
Erik - Swedish Farm Worker
- Astrid Villaume — Mrs. Kongstrup
- Axel Strøbye — Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
- Troels Asmussen — Rud - A Boy
- Kristina Törnqvist — Anna - Stengården Maid
- Karen Wegener — Madam Olsen
- Sofie Gråbøl — Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece
- Lars Simonsen — Nils Køller - Father of Anna's Children
- Buster Larsen — Ole Køller - Nils' Father
- John Wittig — Schoolteacher Friis
- Troels Munk — Physician
- Nis Bank-Mikkelsen — Priest
- Directed
- Bille August
- Written
- Per Olov Enquist, Bille August, Bjarne Reuter
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 164 ratings
- Studio
- SF Studios, Per Holst Filmproduktion, Svenska Filminstitutet, Det Danske Filminstitut
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
