Directed by:
Jan TroellScreenplay:
Bengt ForslundCinematography:
Jan TroellComposer:
Georg OddnerCast:
Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, Hans Alfredson, Per Oscarsson, Peter Lindgren, Oscar Ljung, Agneta Prytz, Eddie Axberg (more)Plots(1)
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 the couple’s 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. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Max von Sydow
Sweden
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Awakenings (1990)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Liv Ullmann
Japan
Best movies:
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
The Ox (1991)
Autumn Sonata (1978)
Allan Edwall
Sweden
Best movies:
Emil i Lönneberga (1971)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
You're Out of Your Mind, Mardie (1979)
Monica Zetterlund
Sweden
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)
The Apple War (1971)
Hans Alfredson
Sweden
Best movies:
Millennium (2010) (series)
Shame (1968)
The Emigrants (1971)
Per Oscarsson
Sweden
Best movies:
Millennium (2010) (series)
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984)
Honeycomb (1969)
Peter Lindgren
Sweden
Best movies:
The New Land (1972)
A Ship to India (1947)
I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
Oscar Ljung
Sweden
Best movies:
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Magician (1958)
The New Land (1972)
Agneta Prytz
Sweden
Best movies:
The Ox (1991)
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)
Eddie Axberg
Sweden
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)
Everlasting Moments (2008)
Bengt Ottekil
Sweden
Best movies:
The New Land (1972)
The Touch (1971)
The Softening of the Egg (1975)
Curt Broberg
Sweden
Best movies:
The New Land (1972)
Miss Julie (1951)
The Ninja Mission (1984)
Elsa Hofgren
Union between Sweden and Norway
Best movies:
The New Land (1972)
Dreams (1955)
The Girls (1968)
Eva-Lena Zetterlund
Sweden
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)
Margita Nyström
Sweden
Best movies:
The New Land (1972)
The Doll (1962)
The Girls (1968)
Solveig Samzelius
Best movies:
The New Land (1972)
Leif Sandberg
Sweden
Best movies:
The New Land (1972)
Linn Ullmann
Norway
Best movies:
Autumn Sonata (1978)
The Emigrants (1971)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Tom C. Fouts
USA
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)
Birgitta "Ditte" Martinsson
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)