# The New Land (1972)

> Swedish immigrants struggle to build a home in nineteenth-century Minnesota while family ambitions and frontier dangers pull them in different directions.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/27466

## Facts

- Runtime: 202 min
- Genres: Drama, Western, History
- Director: Jan Troell
- Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Pierre Lindstedt, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, Hans Alfredson, Agneta Prytz
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069035/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: serious, poetic, disquieting, historical film night, arthouse movie night

## Synopsis

A family's journey through hardship and hope as they seek a new life in America.

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