The New Land (1972 film)

The New Land
American theatrical release poster
Nybyggarna
Directed byJan Troell
Written byJan Troell
Bengt Forslund
Based onThe Settlers and The Last Letter Home
by Vilhelm Moberg
Produced byBengt Forslund
StarringMax von Sydow
Liv Ullmann
Eddie Axberg
Allan Edwall
Monica Zetterlund
Pierre Lindstedt
CinematographyJan Troell
Edited byJan Troell
Music byBengst Ernryd
Georg Oddner
Distributed bySvensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 26 February 1972 (1972-02-26) (Sweden)
Running time
202 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
Box officeSEK 11.8 million (Sweden)[1]

The New Land (Swedish: Nybyggarna) is a 1972 Swedish film co-written and directed by Jan Troell and starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, and Pierre Lindstedt. It and its 1971 predecessor, The Emigrants (Utvandrarna), which were produced concurrently, are based on Vilhelm Moberg's The Emigrants, a series of four novels about poor Swedes who emigrate from Småland, Sweden, in the mid-19th century and make their home in Minnesota.

This film is based on the latter two novels of the series (The Settlers (1956) and The Last Letter Home (1959)). It explores the struggles of the emigrants to establish a settlement on the frontier and adjust to life in America.

Like The Emigrants, The New Land was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The 1974 American television series The New Land is loosely based on The Emigrants and this film.

  1. ^ "Money Films - Sweden". Variety. May 8, 1974. p. 215.