The Emigrants / The New Land - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)

The Emigrants / The New Land - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)This monumental mid nineteenth century epic from Jan Troell charts, over the course of two films, a Swedish farming familys voyage to America and their efforts to put down roots in this beautiful but forbidding new world. Movie legends Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann give remarkably authentic performances as Karl Oskar and Kristina, a couple who meet with one physical and emotional trial after another on their arduous journey. The precise, minute detail

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