Saturday afternoon I saw Pelle the Conqueror at Scandinavia House in midtown Manhattan.
They have an ongoing film series highlighting significant Nordic theater.
Pelle follows the life of two Swedes as they immigrate to Denmark in search of a better life. It won an Oscar in 1987 for best Foreign Film.
Expecting a feel-good film, I was instead startled by the horrible reality facing the central characters. Their trials and tribulations during the beginning of the 1900’s helped…