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A Swedish immigrant family struggle to establish a new life for themselves in the forest of Minnesota in the mid 19th Century.A Swedish immigrant family struggle to establish a new life for themselves in the forest of Minnesota in the mid 19th Century.A Swedish immigrant family struggle to establish a new life for themselves in the forest of Minnesota in the mid 19th Century.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 1 nomination total
Karin Nordström
- Judit, hans hustru
- (as Karin Nordström-Järegård)
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- TriviaThe movie and its prequel The Emigrants (1971) were Oscar nominated on the same year (1972), though in different categories. This is the first and only occurrence of such an event.
- GoofsIn one of the first scenes, when Karl Oskar is taking the family to the new settlement, the boom mic is visible in the upper left corner for the entire shot.
- Quotes
Karl-Oskar: Kristina, do you remember when we moved here last fall, you said it was almost as pretty as back home in Duvemåla? Maybe we could call our home here Duvemåla. What do you say to that? Or New Duvemåla.
Kristina: Just think, that I - Duvemåla.
Karl-Oskar: Yeah.
Kristina: Then we don't live at Ki-Chi-Saga any more. We live at Duvemåla.
- Alternate versionsThe USA television version, called "The Emigrant Saga" consists of this film plus its prequel, The Emigrants (1971), joined and re-edited together in chronological order and dubbed in English.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stjärnbilder (1996)
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This is an extraordinary film, which I gave 10 out of 10 even if Warner Brothers, the film's theatrical distributor, cut the film in half for its American release. If ever this film (and its predecessor, "The Emigrants") makes it to DVD, I sincerely hope those 102 minutes are restored, so that I can at last see the film that Jan Troell intended for me to see.
As it looks on video, "The New Land" is still magnificent - its depiction of Swedish immigrants settling in frontier Minnesota outdoing every Western ever made. Be sure to look for the scene that George Lucas stole wholesale where Max von Sydow slaughters an ox and places his freezing son inside it during a snowstorm.
As it looks on video, "The New Land" is still magnificent - its depiction of Swedish immigrants settling in frontier Minnesota outdoing every Western ever made. Be sure to look for the scene that George Lucas stole wholesale where Max von Sydow slaughters an ox and places his freezing son inside it during a snowstorm.
- tangoviudo
- Oct 29, 2006
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