Fresh
It's very slow, subtly acted, and if you can last the course, quite moving
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
The Emigrants
a new land... a new hope... a new dream
1971 · 3h 11m · PG
Drama, History, Western
Directed by
Jan Troell
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The Emigrants
Overview
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.
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89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Emigrants is a stately, pictorially romantic chronicle of the lives of a small group of peasants for whom existence at home becomes so tenuous that emigration seems the only solution.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
The acclaim for this 1971 151-minute revisionist epic on the settlement of America still mystifies me.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Infinitely absorbing and moving.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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