Production Companies

SF Studios, Per Holst Filmproduktion, Svenska Filminstitutet, Det Danske Filminstitut

Overview

"They thought the world would be theirs."

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.