---
title: 'The New Land (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jan Troell'
released: '1972-02-26'
runtime_minutes: 204
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-new-land-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069035/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The New Land (1972)

1972 · 204 min · Drama · Sweden

Original title: Nybyggarna

## Synopsis

The New Land is a 1972 Swedish film co-written and directed by Jan Troell and starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, and Pierre Lindstedt. It and its 1971 predecessor, The Emigrants (Utvandrarna), which were produced concurrently, are based on Vilhelm Moberg's The Emigrants, a series of four novels about poor Swedes who emigrate from Småland, Sweden, in the mid-19th century and make their home in Minnesota.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jan Troell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-troell)
- **Screenplay:** [Jan Troell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-troell), [Bengt Forslund](https://cinepixo.com/people/bengt-forslund)
- **Producer:** [Bengt Forslund](https://cinepixo.com/people/bengt-forslund)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Troell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-troell)
- **Editor:** [Jan Troell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-troell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georg Oddner](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-oddner), [Bengt Ernryd](https://cinepixo.com/people/bengt-ernryd), [Lars August Lundh](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-august-lundh), [Nils Parling](https://cinepixo.com/people/nils-parling)

## Cast

- [Max von Sydow](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-von-sydow)
- [Peter Lindgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lindgren)
- [Agneta Prytz](https://cinepixo.com/people/agneta-prytz)
- [Allan Edwall](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-edwall)
- [Per Oscarsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/per-oscarsson)
- [Tom Fouts](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-fouts)
- [Hans Alfredson](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-alfredson)
- [Monica Zetterlund](https://cinepixo.com/people/monica-zetterlund)
- [Oscar Ljung](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-ljung)
- [Eddie Axberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-axberg)
- [Halvar Björk](https://cinepixo.com/people/halvar-bjork)
- [Pierre Lindstedt](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-lindstedt)
- [Liv Ullmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/liv-ullmann)

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