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Director:
Jan Troell
Writers:
Bengt Forslund (writer)
Vilhelm Moberg (novels)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
8 March 1971 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
a new land...a new hope...a new dream
Plot:
In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden)... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 6 wins more
NewsDesk:
Back to Basics: Jan Troell’s “Everlasting Moments”
 (From indieWIRE - Movies. 3 March 2009, 7:27 AM, PST)

User Comments:
A realistic look at the pursuit of the American dream more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Max von Sydow ... Karl Oskar

Liv Ullmann ... Kristina
Eddie Axberg ... Robert Nilsson
Sven-Olof Bern ... Nils
Aina Alfredsson ... Marta
Allan Edwall ... Danjel
Monica Zetterlund ... Ulrika
Pierre Lindstedt ... Arvid
Hans Alfredson ... Jonas Petter
Ulla Smidje ... Danjel's wife
Eva-Lena Zetterlund ... Elin, Ulrika's daughter
Gustaf Färingborg ... The Vicar
Åke Fridell ... Aron
Agneta Prytz ... Fina Kajsa
Halvar Björk ... Anders
Arnold Alfredsson ... Verger
Bror Englund ... Mans Jakob
Tom C. Fouts ... Pastor Jackson
Peter Høimark ... Second mate
Erik Johansson ... Captain Lorentz
Staffan Liljander ... Landberg
Göran Lundin ... First mate
Ditte Martinsson ... Child
Lasse Martinsson ... Child
Pelle Martinsson ... Child
Annika Nyhammar ... Child
Yvonne Oppstedt ... Child
Bruno Sörwing ... Child
Linn Ullmann ... Child
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Directed by
Jan Troell 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Bengt Forslund  writer
Vilhelm Moberg  novels "Utvandrarna" and "Invandrarna"
Jan Troell  writer

Produced by
Bengt Forslund .... producer
 
Original Music by
Erik Nordgren 
 
Cinematography by
Jan Troell 
 
Film Editing by
Jan Troell 
 
Art Direction by
P.A. Lundgren 
 
Costume Design by
Ulla-Britt Söderlund 
 
Makeup Department
Cecilia Drott .... makeup artist
Bengt Ottekil .... wig maker
 
Production Management
Lennart Blomkvist .... unit manager
Suzanne Dansereau .... assistant production manager: USA
Lotti Ekberg .... assistant production manager
Curt L. Malmsten .... production manager
 
Art Department
Peter Høimark .... props
Jimmy Leavens .... assistant props (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Eddie Axberg .... sound
Berndt Frithiof .... sound mixer
Sten Norlén .... sound engineer
Björn Öberg .... sound
Tommy Sundqvist .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ove Alström .... still photographer
Sture Arelind .... electrician
Georg Engstrand .... electrician
Rolf Holmquist .... assistant camera
Dick Kehl .... electrician: USA
Staffan Liljander .... assistant camera
Stig Limér .... grip
Pierre Rydberg .... grip
Björn Ryd .... lighting technician
Lasse Sandgren .... grip
 
Other crew
Katinka Faragó .... continuity clerk
Georg Oddner .... editing counsel
Jan Persson .... editing counsel
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Emigrants (USA)
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Runtime:
151 min | Germany:182 min | 191 min
Country:
Sweden
Language:
Swedish
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Copenhagen, Denmark more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When filming the scene towards the end, where Karl Oskar walks off to find a better place for his settlement, director Jan Troell forgot to yell, "Cut." Max von Sydow just kept walking and walking, waiting for a "cut", and nobody realized until they took lunch. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: On the train west a character shows an American silver coin and yells out it has "In God We Trust" on it. The scene is the 1850s and the motto was not added to American silver coins until 1867. more
Quotes:
Robert: There are two kinds of people in America. First, those who have lived here long and become rich. And then there's those who are newly arrived and haven't yet become rich. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "NileCity 105.6" (1995) more

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27 out of 28 people found the following comment useful:-
A realistic look at the pursuit of the American dream, 20 August 2001
8/10
Author: William Ploch (wbploc0@pop.uky.edu) from Lexington, Kentucky

When Jan Troell's "The Emigrants" was released in the U.S. in 1972, it opened to excellent reviews and received the honor of being one of the few foreign-language films to receive a Best Picture nomination. It didn't win anything, though, and seems to have been forgotten over the years. Perhaps this is because the public has since found other Swedish films to be more noteworthy, in particular the works of Bille August and the later works of Ingmar Bergman.

Sad to say, because "The Emigrants" is a film that closely examines two very different cultures in an effective and insightful way. A diverse group of Swedish peasants (among them a married couple, a priest, a prostitute, and a young upstart) endure back-breaking labor in their homeland to little profit. They decide to move to the states after being influenced by the exaggerated stories spread abroad (everyone has more than enough food, everyone is filthy rich, etc.). The audience sympathizes with them not just because they endure so much in Sweden, but also because they believe the stories they hear about frontier life in America. Yes, they will obviously have to strive and struggle to survive in their new home, but they are all the more admirable because of their adherence to the American dream.

"The Emigrants" is harsh and often unrelenting in the straightforward way it depicts the realities encountered by the Swedish settlers. The scenes where they travel across the ocean in a small, cramped, and diseased ship are appropriately claustrophobic and terrifying. Later, the family at the center of the story threatens to break up when Liv Ullmann's character, a fragile young mother, loses track of her daughter while hurrying to board a steamboat.

Although most of the characters were better developed in the sequel to this film, "The New Land," Troell's story is very moving in its sincere depiction of how outsiders came to this country to pursue their hopes and dreams.

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