The New Land (1972)

Original title

Nybyggarna

Directed by

Jan Troell

Genre

drama film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

3h 24m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 108 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Swedish settlers try to create a new home on the American frontier in the 19th century. They face harsh winters, sickness, and conflicts with native people. The film follows their daily hardships and small triumphs over many years.

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What happens

The New Land (Swedish: Nybyggarna) is a 1972 Swedish film co-written and directed by Jan Troell and starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, and Pierre Lindstedt. It and its 1971 predecessor, The Emigrants (Utvandrarna), which were produced concurrently, are based on Vilhelm Moberg's The Emigrants, a series of four novels about poor Swedes who emigrate from Småland, Sweden, in the mid-19th century and make their home in Minnesota. This film is based on the latter two novels of the series: The Settlers (1956) and The Last Letter Home (1959). It explores the struggles of the emigrants to establish a settlement on the frontier and adjust to life in America. Like The Emigrants, The New Land was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The 1974 American television series The New Land is loosely based on The Emigrants and this film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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