Academy Awards, USA 1973
| Nominee Oscar | Best Picture Bengt Forslund |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Liv Ullmann | |
| Best Director Jan Troell | |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Jan Troell Bengt Forslund |
Warner Bros.
Directed by Jan Troell
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
Poor Swedish farmer Max von Sydow, suffering from years of drought and poor land, decides to take his family to America and start over. He picks up a few local stragglers, and the large group sells everything to pay for passage on an overcrowded wooden ship. The months-long trip takes its toll on the passengers, who endure all types of illnesses. The survivors then take another trip, this time by train, to reach their final destination: a dilapidated barn in the middle of nowhere, Minnesota. However, the land is good, and that is all that really matters to these farmers. Well, at least until the sequel. Extremely detailed and authentic but painstakingly slow, and ultimately melodramatic, with so many people dying, mostly kids and babies, that it becomes emotionally blunted. It will make you appreciate your ancestors, though.
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