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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 1,101 1970s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 11m.
Synopsis
Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United States. Following a treacherous ocean crossing and an equally grueling land passage, the emigrants find themselves in seemingly idyllic Minnesota.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
130 audience votes
Key crew
- Jan TroellDirector
- Bengt ForslundScreenplay
- Jan TroellScreenplay
- Erik NordgrenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Max von SydowKarl Oskar
- Liv UllmannKristina
- Eddie AxbergRobert
- Sven-Olof BernNils
- Aina AlfredssonMärta
- Allan EdwallDanjel
- Monica ZetterlundUlrika
- Pierre LindstedtArvid
- Hans AlfredsonJonas Petter
- Ulla SmidjeInga-Lena
- Eva-Lena ZetterlundElin
- Gustaf FäringborgProsten Brusander
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Themes
shiphusband wife relationshipminnesotaamerican dreamfarm workerthe new worldhardshipsailing shipseasicknesssea voyagejourneyemigrant
The Best Movies of 1971
The Emigrants is #5 of 60
