Editing Pelle the Conqueror (section)

===Critical reception===
[[File:Max von Sydow 1992.jpg|upright|150px|thumb|[[Max von Sydow]]'s performance received positive reviews, earning him a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].]]
''Pelle the Conqueror'' was released to critical acclaim in the U.S.{{sfn|Elkington|2005|p=36}} [[Roger Ebert]] gave it three and a half stars, comparing it to [[Jan Troell]]'s ''[[The Emigrants (film)|The Emigrants]]'' (1971), saying [[Max von Sydow]]'s Oscar nomination was "well deserved" and the novice [[Pelle Hvenegaard]] "never steps wrong."<ref name="Ebert" /> Vincent Canby, writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'', called it "a vividly re-created, minutely detailed panorama of a particular time," and said it was a "scandal" that Von Sydow did not win [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] at Cannes.<ref name="Canby" /> [[Peter Travers]], writing for ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', said that Von Sydow exhibited "wrenching simplicity and power," but the film "is maddeningly mediocre."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20119328,00.html |title=Picks and Pans Review: Pelle the Conqueror |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=January 16, 1989 |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]], Vol. 31 No. 2 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922232026/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20119328,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Swedish director [[Ingmar Bergman]] told August he saw the film seven times, subsequently choosing August to direct the film ''[[The Best Intentions]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/08/09/with-best-intentions/ |title=With 'Best Intentions' |last=Blair |first=Iain |date=9 August 1992 |access-date=20 September 2016 |work=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |archive-date=14 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214033536/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-08-09/entertainment/9203110883_1_fanny-and-alexander-henrik-bergman-oscar-winning-danish-director |url-status=live}}</ref>

Mark Chalon Smith, writing in ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' in 1993, praised the film as faithful to the novel and said "Cinematographer [[Jorgen Persson (cinematographer)|Jorgen Persson]] ... captures several memorable images of the starkly beautiful Danish terrain."<ref name="Smith" /> ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' wrote "Despite occasional lapses into sentimentality, the film is saved by its performances and its uncluttered depiction of harsh impoverished lives," particularly praising von Sydow.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/pelle-the-conqueror-1 |title=Pelle the Conqueror |last=CM |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]] |archive-date=21 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821075354/http://www.timeout.com/london/film/pelle-the-conqueror-1 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, ''The New York Times'' placed the film on its list of "the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html |title=The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made |year=2004 |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=29 March 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050329013532/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/movies/1000best.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Sarah Lutton, writing for the [[British Film Institute]], named ''Pelle the Conqueror'' one of "10 great Danish films" and called Von Sydow "extraordinary."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-danish-films |title=10 great Danish films |last=Lutton |first=Sarah |date=14 July 2016 |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=[[British Film Institute]] |archive-date=5 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905063817/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/10-great-danish-films |url-status=live}}</ref> Von Sydow later also called it "a very beautiful film."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/02/max-von-sydow-q-a-extremely-loud-incredibly-close-best-supporting-actor |title=Max von Sydow on Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and His Secret Dream Project |last=Smith |first=Krista |date=February 2012 |access-date=5 September 2016 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |archive-date=13 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413085546/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/02/max-von-sydow-q-a-extremely-loud-incredibly-close-best-supporting-actor |url-status=live}}</ref> The film holds an 84% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 25 reviews.<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|pelle_the_conqueror|Pelle the Conqueror}}</ref>