The New Land

Swedish immigrant Kristina (Liv Ullmann) in the Dakota territory 1850, with her younger children, finds herself worrying about winter and the natives, in director Jan Troell’s second film from the cherished Swedish novels by Vilhelm Moberg, The New Land, 1973.

Swedish immigrant in the Dakotas, 1850, Kristina (Liv Ullmann) has her first direct encounter with the natives, then hears disturbing news from her hard-at-work husband (Max Von Sydow), in The New Land, 1973, written, produced, directed and shot by Jan Troell.

Opening amounting to a prologue, introducing principals Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullman as Swedish immigrants Karl Oskar and Kristina, from The New Land, 1973, written, photographed and directed by Jan Troell, the sequel to his acclaimed The Emigrants, 1971.