The Emigrants

Palace Films

August 26, 2022

WINNER - 2022 NORWEGIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Best Film)

CENTREPIECE SELECTION - 2022 CARLSBERG SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL

NOMINEE (x6) - 2022 SWEDISH ACADEMY AWARDS incl. Best Film, Best Actress (Carlehed) & Best Actor (Skarsgård)

From acclaimed director Erik Poppe (The King’s Choice, U-July 22), THE EMIGRANTS is a sweeping and evocative new adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s monumental series of novels about a family who migrate from poverty-stricken Sweden in the mid-19th century in the hope of a better life.

1849. Karl Oskar (Gustav Skarsgård, Kon-Tiki), his wife Kristina (a magnetic Lisa Carlehed) and their four young children are struggling to get by in the Swedish countryside, with crops scarce on their small farm. Determined to flee hardship, religious persecution and social oppression, they, along with many other Scandinavians, elect to make the epic journey across the Atlantic, enticed by the promise of free land in a booming Minnesota.

Reinterpreting this seminal story some fifty years after Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullmann starred in Jan Troell’s 1971 Oscar-nominated film, Poppe observes the events through the lens of today’s society, changing the perspective to that of Kristina, and the emotional turmoil of leaving a life behind.

With an ensemble cast featuring Tove Lo, The Bridge’s Sofia Helin and Lena Strömdahl, an exceptional original score by Johan Söderqvist and striking cinematography by John Christian Rosenlund that beautifully captures the danger and harshness of a divided, fledgling America, THE EMIGRANTS is a poignant and timeless story about belonging, and how much parents are willing to endure to improve their children’s lives and achieve their dreams.

The Emigrants

 

Utvandrarna – Swedish title

Utvandrarna - Sista brevet till Sverige – Swedish title

The Emigrants – New Zealand title

Udvandrerne – Danish title

Utvandrerne - Norwegian title

Los emigrantes – Argentinian title

Os Emigrantes – Brazilian title

Maastamuuttajat - Viimeinen kirje Ruotsiin – Finnish title

The Emigrants – French title

Utvandrarna – German title

Emigranci – Polish title

Эмигранты – Russian title

Los emigrantes – Spanish title

The Emigrants – U.S.A. title

 

A 2021 Swedish, New Zealand, Danish, Norwegian film co-production [Film i

     Västerbotten, Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning, Tre Vänner Produktion (Stockholm)]

Producers: Finn Gjerdrum, Michael Hjort, Tom King, Stein B. Kvae, Petter Skavlan,

     Fredrik Wikström Jenny Stjernströmer-Björk, Per Bouveng, Yaba Holst, Kate Myers,

     Peter Possne, Birgitte Skov, Martin Sundland, Brita Lundqvist, Victoria Holmbergh,

     Yaba Holst, Kate Myers, Peter Possne, Birgitte Skov, Martin Sundland

Director: Martin Sundland

Story: Utvandrarna and Invandrarna by Vilhelm Moberg

Screenplay: Erik Poppe, Siv Rajendram Eliassen

Cinematography: John Christian Rosenlund

Music: Johan Söderqvist

Running time: 148 minutes

 

Story: The struggles some Swedish farmers emigrating from Sweden to the United States in the 1840s and early 1850s.

 

Cast:

Kristina - Lisa Carlehed

Karl-Oskar - Gustaf Skarsgård

Ulrika – Tove Lo

Lill-Märta - Kerstin Linden

Judit - Sofia Helin

Petrus - Rasmus Lindgren

Tollef - Fredrik Hoyer

Mother Anna - Lena Strömdahl

Elin - Nova Salmi-Wikander

Mother Märta - Lena-Pia Bernhardsson

Nils - Kim Lantz

Pastor Jackson - Laurence Kinlan

Läkare - Stig Krogstad

Fina-Kajsa - Kicki Bramberg

Prosten Brusander - Jesper Arin

Anders Månsson – Eric stern

Wichahpi – Díana Bermudez

Samuel - Hannes Fohlin

Far Johan - Harald Knutsen-Öy

Länsmannen - Peter Järn

Pappa Johan - Clas Göran Söllgård

Ensam resenär - Goran Aliskanovic

Ung man - Feihong Basigu

Godisman - Iulian Burciu

Emigrant - Rebecca Runfors Carlzzon

Sioux - Jimmy Tripolitsiotis

Sioux-mannens - Tymon Carter, Owen Crow Shoe

Galen man - Paul Cimpoieru

Anna - Emma Comstedt

Smed - Stefan Cronwall

Bykvinna - Emelie Dahlskog

Johan 7 years-old - Hartvig Dimbodius

Båtpassagerare - Ellen Elvung

Kristinas vän - Kajsa Ericsson

Harald 1 år gammal - Vincent Folkesson

Harald 5 år gammal - Caspian Fornänger

Filip - Filip Krizmanic Gajski

Dirigent - Duncan Green

Lilla Ulrika 1 månad gammal - Ester Gunnarsson

Lilla Ulrika 8 månader gammal - Vidia Gustafsson

Ensam resenär - Pedram Hajigholi

Kapten Lorentz - Stig Henrik Hoff

Harald - Noah Härling

Lilla Ulrika 4 år gammal - Moa Johansson

Spanska emigranter - Eduard Jörgen

Pritzel-säljare - Christian Kinell

Kvinnan mellan tågvagnar - Lotti Klug

Harald 2 år gammal - Vidar Knutsen-Öy

Båtpassagerare - Mari Loewen

Saloonägare - James Longshore

Landsman - Ola Normelli

Ulrikas hembiträde - Iulia Poptean

Sjöman - Mikkel Bratt Silset

Hamnkoordinator - Alexandru Simion

Herr Abbot - Erwin Simsensohn

Indisk man - Adrian Taheri

Sjöman - Jacob Otterström

With: Florin Zhang

Stunt coordinators - Martin Zetterlund, Jonathan Wiberg

Stunts: Maria Rådman