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A Swedish immigrant family struggle to establish a new life for themselves in the forest of Minnesota in the mid 19th Century.A Swedish immigrant family struggle to establish a new life for themselves in the forest of Minnesota in the mid 19th Century.A Swedish immigrant family struggle to establish a new life for themselves in the forest of Minnesota in the mid 19th Century.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 1 nomination total
Karin Nordström
- Judit, hans hustru
- (as Karin Nordström-Järegård)
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- TriviaThe movie and its prequel The Emigrants (1971) were Oscar nominated on the same year (1972), though in different categories. This is the first and only occurrence of such an event.
- GoofsIn one of the first scenes, when Karl Oskar is taking the family to the new settlement, the boom mic is visible in the upper left corner for the entire shot.
- Quotes
Petrus Olausson: In Sweden I was fined 200 Riksdaler for reading the Bible in my own house. Sweden is ruined by wicked powers. Every night I thank God in my prayers for my new homeland.
- Alternate versionsThe USA television version, called "The Emigrant Saga" consists of this film plus its prequel, The Emigrants (1971), joined and re-edited together in chronological order and dubbed in English.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stjärnbilder (1996)
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Amazingly Authentic
"The New Land" finishes the story begun in Jan Troell's "The Emigrants," which was released the year before. It's a longer and bleaker film. "The Emigrants" was harsh, but at least in that film the people making the arduous journey to America had the promise of all that America had to offer (or at least what they thought it had to offer) to get them through the tribulations. But in "The New Land," they've settled into that life, and their new home proves not to be the utopia they dreamed.
It's astonishing how authentic these films feel, and it's hard to remember while watching them that they were made in the early 1970s. "The New Land" has some really difficult passages to watch, namely one involving the murder of a settler family at the hands of a gang of Native Americans -- including the horrific death of a baby -- and another an extended segment that details the nightmarish fever dream of a journey two of the settlers take to mine for gold in California. This story line started to feel long to me, and in a film that clocks in at nearly three and a half hours I wouldn't have minded this one being left on the cutting room floor. But it doesn't mar the overall brilliance of this film as a stand alone story, or the entire two-film saga.
And unlike "The Emigrants," which I only found in a dubbed version, "The New Land" is subtitled in English, which makes for a much more pleasant viewing experience.
"The New Land" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1972 Academy Awards, in the same year that "The Emigrants" was nominated in four categories, including Best Picture.
Grade: A
It's astonishing how authentic these films feel, and it's hard to remember while watching them that they were made in the early 1970s. "The New Land" has some really difficult passages to watch, namely one involving the murder of a settler family at the hands of a gang of Native Americans -- including the horrific death of a baby -- and another an extended segment that details the nightmarish fever dream of a journey two of the settlers take to mine for gold in California. This story line started to feel long to me, and in a film that clocks in at nearly three and a half hours I wouldn't have minded this one being left on the cutting room floor. But it doesn't mar the overall brilliance of this film as a stand alone story, or the entire two-film saga.
And unlike "The Emigrants," which I only found in a dubbed version, "The New Land" is subtitled in English, which makes for a much more pleasant viewing experience.
"The New Land" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1972 Academy Awards, in the same year that "The Emigrants" was nominated in four categories, including Best Picture.
Grade: A
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- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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