The Emigrants / The New Land [Criterion Collection, Special Edition] (Blu-ray) 02/09/16

This monumental mid-nineteenth-century epic from Jan Troell (Here Is Your Life) 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. Movie legends Max Von Sydow (The Seventh Seal) and Liv Ullmann (Persona) give remarkably authentic performances as Karl-Oskar and Kristina, a couple who meet with one physical and emotional trial after another on their arduous journey. The precise, minute detail with which Troell depicts the couple s story which is also the story of countless other people who sought better lives across the Atlantic is a wonder to behold. Engrossing every step of the way, the duo of The Emigrants and The New Land makes for perhaps the greatest screen drama about the settling of America.

CONDITION: NEW

Actors: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
Directors: Jan Troell
Format: Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: Swedish
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 2
Rated:
PG
Parental Guidance Suggested
Studio: Criterion Collection (Direct)
DVD Release Date: February 9, 2016
Run Time: 393 minutes

Cast & Crew

Max von Sydow Karl Oskar
Liv Ullmann Kristina
Eddie Axberg Robert Nilsson
Jan Troell Actor
Hans Alfredson Jonas Petter
Allan Edwall Danjel
Monica Zetterlund Ulrika

Technical Credits

Jan Troell Director