The New Land (DVD) 1971

The New Land 1971 DVD (Region One Playable in North America – The US, Canada, Mexico, etc.) English and Swedish. Color. Widescreen. Beautiful print.

Starring: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg. This is the second installment of the Swedish saga which began with the1971 film The Emigrants also available at SantaFlix.

The New Land continues the chronicle of the life and times of the Swedish immigrants in Minnesota, covering the time period up to and beyond the Civil War. Even though they did not come to America to become Americans, they are gradually drawn into the culture of their new country. Father Karl-Oskar Nilsson (Max Von Sydow) and his wife Kristina (Liv Ullman) battle the elements and political changes in order to survive. The family members have little contact with their neighbors, and because they know so little English, they have difficulty buying things from the nearby general store. Robert (Eddie Axberg), Karl's younger brother, wants to find gold and travels westward with Arvid (Pierre Lindstedt), the Nilsson's strange and skittish farmhand.

The two lavish epics, The Emigrants and The New Land were the two most expensive films made in Sweden up to that time.