Pelle the Conqueror Quotes

  • [first lines]

    Pelle: Father?

    Lassefar: Everything's gonna be fine.

    Pelle: Say it again.

    Lassefar: This new country we're going to is very different.

    Pelle: Tell me more about it.

    Lassefar: They put raisins in the pork roast and butter on the bread. They put a lot of butter on the bread. Brandy is as cheap as water and it is so strong that it knocks you off. But your father can take it, Pelle, because he's strong.

    Pelle: And children are free all day.

    Lassefar: Yes, Pelle, yes.

    Pelle: Say it again.

    Lassefar: You get so well-paid that children don't need...

    Pelle: Don't need to work. They can play all day long.

    Lassefar: [smiling] Yes.

  • Lassefar: No one's gonna fool me. I mustn't take the first offer.

  • Pelle: [helping his father to remember the name of the prophets] Isaiah, Daniel, Ezekiah and Jeremiah!

    Lassefar: Isaiah, Daniel, Ezekiah and Jeremiah!

  • Pelle: Father?

    Lassefar: Can't we just stay here?

    [Pelle nods to say no]

    Lassefar: You'll have to go without me, Pelle. I don't have strength to travel anymore. I'm too old. Too old. I don't have a future. Do you understand?

    [Pelle nods positively]

  • [last lines]

    Lassefar: When we see each other again, maybe you'll have a home to return to.

    Pelle: Say goodbye to Karna for me. Goodbye, father...

Extended Reading
  • Archibald 2022-04-12 09:01:11

    How a father and son make a living in a class-defined society. The father almost lost his dignity and had to take care of each other's future. Even though my father finally said something cruel like "I can't walk anymore, go alone", we all knew he was exhausted. It wasn't his fault, Pelle was growing up in a short period of time, and even though he was deformed, he was educated. Most of us in the real world are not conquerors, but conquered.

  • Marcos 2022-04-09 09:01:09

    Dad has lost the power to say NO, and just wants to have a stable old age; Erik's failure stems from his instability, only Pelle can use that beautiful knife to resist reality without any scruples and become a real conqueror. In the face of sea-like difficulties, still maintain the courage to gallop the ocean.