Troels Asmussen Movies
- 1989
Something is strange about Sven's radio set. It is picking up signals in ancient classical Latin. Then the girl next door gets kidnapped by men dressed as medieval soldiers. He rounds up his friend Bo and, having figured out how to use his radio as a time machine, heads into the past in his family's mobile home. They have a lot of fun flummoxing the simple people of the Middle Ages with their modern guile, but eventually it's time to return to the present. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Troels Asmussen
Long but rewarding, the Danish-Swedish Pelle the Conqueror is based on the early passages of Martin Andersen Nexoe's four-volume novel. Pelle (Pelle Hvengaard) is the son of a 19th-century Swedish farmer (Max Von Sydow). Seeking escape from their poverty-stricken surroundings, father and son emigrate to Denmark. Upon arrival, however, they are treated like indentured servants, leading to a profound ideological turnaround for the impressionable Pelle. In the original novel, Pelle ended up embracing Communism. Nexo's political overtones are soft-pedalled in the film, which concentrates on the close, indestructable relationship between Pelle and his father. Adapted for the screen by Bille August, Pelle the Conqueror won the 1988 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Max von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, (more)
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