The Emigrants (1971)
- Starring:
- Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jan Troell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Director/writer Jan Troell's expansive saga deals with the Larsen family, who during the 19th century famine in Sweden emigrate to the more fertile fields of Minnesota. With painstaking detail, the director follows the Larsens as they make the perilous (and, to some of their fellow immigrants, fatal) journey by foot, steamer, train, and paddle boat. The film, which originally ran 190 minutes but was pared down to 150 by its director for American consumption, earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Direction, and Best Actress (Liv Ullmann). The Emigrants was followed by a sequel, Nybyggarna ("The New Land"); both films have been edited together for TV release under the title The Emigrant Saga. The subsequent American TV series The New Land (1974) starred Bonnie Bedelia in the role created in The Emigrants by Liv Ullmann, and Scott Thomas in the patriarch role originated by Max von Sydow. In 1991, Sven Nykvist directed a "prequel" to The Emigrants titled The Ox. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Max von Sydow - Karl Oskar
- Eddie Axberg - Robert
- Peter Hoimark - 2nd Mate
- Aina Alfredsson - Marta
- Ulla Smidje - Danjel's wife
- Arnold Alfredsson - Kyrkvarden
- Halvar Björk - Anders, Her Son
- Svenolof Bern - Nils
- Gustaf Faringborg - Vicar
- Liv Ullmann - Kristina
- Allan Edwall - Danjel
- Pierre Lindstedt - Arvid
- Åke Fridell - Aron
- Monica Zetterlund - Ulrika
- Linn Ullmann - Child
- Agneta Pruetz - Fina Kajsa
- Hans Alfredson - Jonas Petter
- Director(s):
- Jan Troell
- Writer(s):
- Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund
- Producer(s):
- Bengt Forslund
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Suitable for Children, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
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- 1972 - The Emigrants - Golden Globe - Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language
- 1972 - The Emigrants - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- 1972 - The Emigrants - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Foreign Film - Foreign Language
- 1972 - The Emigrants - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
