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.
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Pelle Hvenegaard as Pelle Karlsson
Max von Sydow as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Erik Paaske as Stengården Foreman
Björn Granath as Erik - Swedish Farm Worker
Astrid Villaume as Mrs. Kongstrup
Axel Strøbye as Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
Troels Asmussen as Rud - A Boy
Kristina Törnqvist as Anna - Stengården Maid
Karen Wegener as Madam Olsen
Sofie Gråbøl as Miss Sine - Mrs. Kongstrup's Niece
Lars Simonsen as Nils Køller - Father of Anna's Children
Buster Larsen as Ole Køller - Nils' Father
John Wittig as Schoolteacher Friis
Troels Munk as Physician
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen as Priest
Lena-Pia Bernhardsson as 'Suggan' (Soen) - Rud's Mother
Anna Lise Hirsch Bjerrum as Karna - Stengården Maid
Morten Jørgensen as Countryman
Erik Frisberg as Public Official
Wilhelm Weber as Stensgården Judge
Henrik Hansen as Gustav - Stengården Farmhand
Thyge Andersen as Stengården Tailor
Benjamin Holck Henriksen as Henrik Bødker - Student