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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 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.
Original Release
03/08/1971
US Release
09/04/1972
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | Karl Oskar |
Liv Ullmann | Kristina |
Eddie Axberg | Robert / Robert Nilsson |
Sven-Olof Bern | Nils |
Aina Alfredsson | Märta |
Allan Edwall | Danjel |
Monica Zetterlund | Ulrika |
Pierre Lindstedt | Arvid |
Hans Alfredson | Jonas Petter |
Ulla Smidje | Inga-Lena - Danjel's Hustru / Inga-Lena |
Directors
Writers
Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell, Vilhelm Moberg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | Karl Oskar |
Liv Ullmann | Kristina |
Eddie Axberg | Robert / Robert Nilsson |
Sven-Olof Bern | Nils |
Aina Alfredsson | Märta |
Allan Edwall | Danjel |
Monica Zetterlund | Ulrika |
Pierre Lindstedt | Arvid |
Hans Alfredson | Jonas Petter |
Ulla Smidje | Inga-Lena - Danjel's Hustru / Inga-Lena |
Eva-Lena Zetterlund | Elin - Ulrika's Dotter / Elin |
Gustaf Färingborg | Prosten Brusander |
Åke Fridell | Aron på Nybacken |
Agneta Prytz | Fina-Kajsa |
Halvar Björk | Anders Månsson - Hennes Son / Anders Månsson |
Arnold Alfredsson | Kyrkvärd |
Bror Englund | Måns Jakob |
Tom C. Fouts | Pastor Jackson |
Peter Høimark | Andre styrman |
Erik Johansson | Kapten Lorentz |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bengt Forslund | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1973 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |
1973 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1973 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1973 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Nominated |
1973 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film | Won |
1973 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Won |
1972 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |