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The New Land (1974)

The New Land poster
Directed by
Philip Leacock
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1858, a Swedish family moves to rural Minnesota to start a new life. They face the hard work of farming and adjusting to a strange country.

earnestslow-pacedmelancholichopefulhistoricalfamily-orientedquietly intensesunlit

What happens

The New Land is a 1974 American dramatic television series about a Swedish immigrant family to the United States trying to establish a life in rural Minnesota in 1858, loosely based on the Academy Award-nominated Swedish film The Emigrants and its sequel, The New Land. It stars Scott Thomas, Bonnie Bedelia, and Kurt Russell. It aired on ABC from September 14 to October 19, 1974. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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