Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 202 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- Swedish
- Country
- Sweden
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- In Swedish — subtitles on.
The story
A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California.
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Allan Edwall — Danjel
- Monica Zetterlund — Ulrika
- Hans Alfredson — Jonas Petter
- Agneta Prytz — Fina-Kajsa
- Halvar Björk — Anders Månsson, hennes son
- Tom C. Fouts — Pastor Jackson
- Peter Lindgren — Samuel Nöjd
- Per Oscarsson — Pastor Törner
- Oscar Ljung — Petrus Olausson
- Karin Nordström — Judit, hans hustru
- Larry Clementson — Mr. Abbot
- Directed
- Jan Troell
- Written
- Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 110 ratings
- Studio
- SF Studios
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1971The Emigrants
Where it starts.
The New Land
1972 · You’re here
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
