Title:
The emigrants ; The new land / a Svensk Filmindustri production ; screenplay by Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund ; produced by Bengt Forslund ; directed, photographed, and edited by Jan Troell.
ISBN:
9781681431062
Edition:
Director-approved special edition.
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Physical Description:
3 videodiscs (393 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Collective title from container.
1.66:1 aspect ratio.
Originally produced as motion pictures in 1971 and 1972.
Based on a novel by Vilhelm Moberg.
Supplements: New introduction by theater and film critic John Simon -- New conversation between film scholar Peter Cowie and director Jan Troell -- New interview with actor Liv Ullmann -- To Paint with Pictures, an hour-long documentary from 2005 on the making of the films, featuring archival footage as well as interviews with Troell, Ullmann, producer and coscreenwriter Bengt Forslund, actor Eddie Axberg, and composer Georg Oddner -- Trailers -- An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty (in pamphlet).
DVD, NTSC, region 1; mono.
Contents:
disc 1. Utvandrarna = The emigrants -- disc 2. Nybyggarna = The new land -- disc 3. Supplements.
Summary:
A monumental mid-nineteenth century epic that charts, over the course of two films, a poor Swedish farming family's voyage to America and their efforts to put down roots in this beautiful but forbidding new world. Includes bonus disc with special features.
Language Note:
Swedish dialogue; optional English subtitles.
Series Title:
Performer:
Utvandrarna: Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Svenolof Bern, Aina Alfredsson, Allan Edwall.
Nybyggarna: Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Hans Alfredson, Halvar Björk, Allan Edwall.
Production Credits:
Utvandrarna: director of photography, editor, Jan Troell ; music, Erik Nordgren.
Nybyggarna: director of photography, editor, Jan Troell ; music, Bengt Ernryd, Georg Oddner.
OCLC Number:
ocn935951167
Availability:
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