Main Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Hans Alfredson, Monica Zetterlund
Release Year: 1972
Country: SE
Run Time: 205 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
This is the second installment of the Swedish epic which began with The Emigrants. Nybyggarna is a chronicle of the life and times of the Swedish immigrants in Minnesota, covering the time period up to and beyond the Civil War. Even though they did not come to America to become Americans, they are gradually drawn into the culture of their new country. Father Karl-Oskar Nilsson (Max Von Sydow) and his wife Kristina (Liv Ullman) battle the elements and political changes in order to survive. The family members have little contact with their neighbors, and because they know so little English, they have difficulty buying things from the nearby general store. Robert (Eddie Axberg), Karl's younger brother, wants to find gold and travels westward with Arvid (Pierre Lindstedt), the Nilsson's strange and skittish farmhand. The two lavish epics, The Emigrants and The New Land were the two most expensive films made in Sweden up to that time. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Per Oscarsson - Pastor Torner; Halvar Björk - Anders Mansson; Peter Lindgren - Samuel Nojd; Pierre Lindstedt - Arvid; Oscar Ljung - Petrus Olausson; Agneta Prytz - Fina-Kajas; Allan Edwall - Danjel
Credit
P.A. Lundgren - Art Director, Ulla-Britt Soderlund - Costume Designer, Jan Troell - Director, Jan Troell - Editor, Bengt Ernryd - Composer (Music Score), George Oddner - Composer (Music Score), Jan Troell - Cinematographer, Bengt Forslund - Producer, Jan Troell - Screenwriter, Bengt Forslund - Screenwriter, Vilhelm Moberg - Book Author
