Directed by:
Jan TroellCinematography:
Jan TroellComposer:
Erik NordgrenCast:
Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Pierre Lindstedt, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, Hans Alfredson, Gustaf Färingborg, Åke Fridell, Ulla Smidje (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
Göran Lundin
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
Peter Høimark
Denmark
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
Staffan Liljander
Sweden
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
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)
Lasse Martinsson
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)
Pelle Martinsson
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)
Annika Nyhammar
Sweden
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
Yvonne Oppstedt
Sweden
Best movies:
The Emigrants (1971)
The New Land (1972)