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This monumental mid-nineteenth-century epic from Jan Troell charts, over the course of two films, a Swedish farming family’s voyage to America and their efforts to put down roots in this beautiful but forbidding new world. Movie legends Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann give remarkably authentic performances as Karl Oskar and Kristina, a couple who meet with one physical and emotional trial after another on their arduous journey. The precise, minute detail with which Troell depicts their story—which is also that of countless other people who sought better lives across the Atlantic—is a wonder to behold. Engrossing at every step of the way, the duo of The Emigrants and The New Land makes for perhaps the greatest screen drama about the settling of America.
Original Release
01/01/1972
US Release
01/01/1972
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | Karl Oskar / Karl-Oskar |
Liv Ullmann | Kristina |
Eddie Axberg | Robert / Robert Nilsson |
Pierre Lindstedt | Arvid |
Allan Edwall | Danjel |
Monica Zetterlund | Ulrika |
Hans Alfredson | Jonas Petter |
Agneta Prytz | Fina-Kajsa |
Halvar Björk | Anders Månsson, hennes son / Anders Månsson |
Tom C. Fouts | Pastor Jackson |
Directors
Writers
Vilhelm Moberg, Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell
Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | Karl Oskar / Karl-Oskar |
Liv Ullmann | Kristina |
Eddie Axberg | Robert / Robert Nilsson |
Pierre Lindstedt | Arvid |
Allan Edwall | Danjel |
Monica Zetterlund | Ulrika |
Hans Alfredson | Jonas Petter |
Agneta Prytz | Fina-Kajsa |
Halvar Björk | Anders Månsson, hennes son / Anders Månsson |
Tom C. Fouts | Pastor Jackson |
Peter Lindgren | Samuel Nöjd |
Per Oscarsson | Pastor Törner |
Oscar Ljung | Petrus Olausson |
Karin Nordström | Judit, hans hustru / Judit |
Larry Clementson | Mr. Abbot / Mr Abbot |
Georg Anaya | Mario Vallejos |
Ed Carpenter | Regementsdoktorn |
Bengt Ottekil | Fredrik Mattsson |
Elsa Hofgren | Bordellmamman |
Margita Nyström | Horan |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Art L. Malmsten | Executive Producer |
Bengt Forslund | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1973 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
1973 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film | Won |