Editing Pelle the Conqueror (section)

==Release==
The film was screened in the [[1988 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] in May 1988, and subsequently at the [[New York Film Festival]] in September 1988.<ref name="Canby">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DEED6153DF933A0575AC0A96E948260? |title=Film Festival; Von Sydow as a Father In 'Pelle the Conqueror' |last=Canby |first=Vincent |date=30 September 1988 |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=15 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915165022/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DEED6153DF933A0575AC0A96E948260%3F |url-status=live}}</ref> The film's awards attracted the attention of foreign distributors, with [[Miramax]] releasing it in the United States.{{sfn|Elkington|2005|p=36}}

Buoyed by the [[Academy Award]] recognition,{{sfn|Elkington|2005|p=36}} ''Pelle the Conqueror'' grossed  $2,053,931 in North America,<ref name="Mojo" /> a "respectable" figure for a foreign film.{{sfn|Elkington|2005|p=36}} The film had a re-release at [[Golden West College]] in Los Angeles in March 1993.<ref name="Smith">{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-11-ol-997-story.html |title=Humor and Dignity Ease Pain of 'Pelle' |last=Smith |first=Mark Chalon |date=11 March 1993 |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=17 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917140421/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-03-11/news/ol-997_1_pelle-hvenegaard |url-status=live}}</ref>