The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 3h 22m.
Synopsis
A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
110 audience votes
Key crew
- Jan TroellDirector
- Bengt ForslundScreenplay
- Jan TroellScreenplay
- Georg OddnerOriginal Music Composer
- Bengt ErnrydOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Max von SydowKarl Oskar
- Liv UllmannKristina
- Eddie AxbergRobert
- Pierre LindstedtArvid
- Allan EdwallDanjel
- Monica ZetterlundUlrika
- Hans AlfredsonJonas Petter
- Agneta PrytzFina-Kajsa
- Halvar BjörkAnders Månsson, hennes son
- Tom C. FoutsPastor Jackson
- Peter LindgrenSamuel Nöjd
- Per OscarssonPastor Törner