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The Emigrants helped make Jan Troell prominent internationally. The sequel, The New Land (Nybyggarna), was released in 1972. The 1974 U.S. television series The New Land is based loosely on both The Emigrants and its sequel. [26] The creation of the TV series can be attributed to the popularity of the films. [27]
The Emigrants (1971) was based on the first two novels. The New Land (1972) was a sequel based on the last two novels. The American television series The New Land (1974) starred Scott Thomas, Bonnie Bedelia, and Kurt Russell, and was broadcast by ABC. The series was loosely based on the 1971 and 1972 film adaptations. 13 episodes were produced ...
The Emigrants (Swedish: Utvandrarna, 1949) is a novel by Vilhelm Moberg.It is the first of his four-novel series entitled The Emigrants.In these he explores the causes and process of the major Swedish emigration to the United States beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, and their settling in such frontier areas as the Minnesota Territory.
It is the second of his four-novel The Emigrants series. It was translated into English in 1954 and was also published in other languages. Together with the first novel, it was adapted as a film The Emigrants (1971), directed by Jan Troell. A sequel based on the third and fourth novels was released in 1972.
Produced by SF Studios, “The Emigrants” is a big-budget epic drama based on Vilhelm Moberg’s story about Swedes who left misery behind for a new life on the other side of the Atlantic in the ...
Karl Artur Vilhelm Moberg (20 August 1898 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater.His literary career, spanning more than 45 years, is associated with his four‑volume series The Emigrants.
The Emigrants, a 1971 film adaption by Jan Troell of Moberg's first two novels The New Land, a sequel to the 1971 film; The Emigrants (Sebald novel), a 1993 novel by German author W.G. Sebald; The Emigrants, a novel by Norwegian author Johan Bojer Vor egen stamme or The Emigrants (1924/English 1925)
Kristina från Duvemåla ("Kristina from Duvemåla") is a Swedish musical written by former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus (lyrics) and Benny Andersson (music). It is based on a series of four novels by Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg detailing a family's poverty-driven migration from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century: The Emigrants (1949), Unto a Good Land (1952), The Settlers (1956), and ...