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The Emigrants
Why this pick
The essential first chapter to Karl Oskar and Kristina’s journey, with the same patient, tactile attention to family bonds, hardship, landscape, and the immense cost of beginning again.
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MOVIE1972 3h 24m SWE
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Karl Oskar, his wife Kristina and their three children, along with Karl Oskar's brother Robert and Robert's friend Arvid, have arrived in Chisago Lakes from Sweden. Taking shelter in a shanty, Karl Oskar pours all their resources into building them a house before winter arrives. He begins clearing the land of the tall pine trees, and with the help of Robert, Arvid and some of their Swedish neighbors, construct a small farmhouse.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Max von Sydow
Karl-Oskar
Hans Alfredson
Jonas Petter
Halvar Björk
Anders Månsson
Ed Carpenter
Regementsdoktorn
Pierre Lindstedt
Arvid
Liv Ullmann
Kristina
Allan Edwall
Danjel
Eddie Axberg
Robert Nilsson