Norwegian director Erik Poppe takes on Vilhelm Moberg’s acclaimed series of novels in “The Emigrants,” his new historical drama about a struggling Swedish family which emigrates to the U.S. in 1849, searching for a better future.
“It’s probably the most classic work of literature in the whole Scandinavia,” he told Variety, taking about the 2022 Haugesund Festival winner ahead of its national premiere at the 50th Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund.
Which is why, when approached to direct the film, he had only one reservation: He had to make it his own.
“Sf Studios tried to develop it for years, with another director, but they couldn’t quite crack it. I agreed to take over under the condition that I would be able to start all over again. Focusing on what I believed was the most interesting part: the story of Kristina and her husband Karl-Oskar, their kids and their escape.
“It’s probably the most classic work of literature in the whole Scandinavia,” he told Variety, taking about the 2022 Haugesund Festival winner ahead of its national premiere at the 50th Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund.
Which is why, when approached to direct the film, he had only one reservation: He had to make it his own.
“Sf Studios tried to develop it for years, with another director, but they couldn’t quite crack it. I agreed to take over under the condition that I would be able to start all over again. Focusing on what I believed was the most interesting part: the story of Kristina and her husband Karl-Oskar, their kids and their escape.
- 8/26/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Erik Poppe’s historical drama “The Emigrants” scored the top Andreas Award at the 50th Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund. Produced by Fredrik Wikström Nicastro, it is distributed by Sf Studios. Poppe is also known for “Utøya: July 22” and “The King’s Choice.”
Based on Vilhelm Moberg’s series of novels about Swedes who decided to leave their country and search for a better future, it “tackles deep questions about cultural and religious identity,” argued the jurors.
“Even though the events in this story are long behind us, the film reminds us of our own present,” they added.
Interestingly enough, in 1971 Jan Troell also took on the story, ending up with four Academy Awards nominations – including one for Liv Ullmann.
“She was able to see our film and she is its biggest ambassador now. She just loves this take and noticed that it’s about the refugees today. It takes place 150 years ago,...
Based on Vilhelm Moberg’s series of novels about Swedes who decided to leave their country and search for a better future, it “tackles deep questions about cultural and religious identity,” argued the jurors.
“Even though the events in this story are long behind us, the film reminds us of our own present,” they added.
Interestingly enough, in 1971 Jan Troell also took on the story, ending up with four Academy Awards nominations – including one for Liv Ullmann.
“She was able to see our film and she is its biggest ambassador now. She just loves this take and noticed that it’s about the refugees today. It takes place 150 years ago,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Powerfully told story of 19th-century Swedish migrants takes its time, but delivers a fresh, honest take on their arduous path
This epic-scale adaptation of a series of novels by Vilhelm Moberg deserves its 148-minute running time, giving the plot enough space to cover a wide and deep tale of a Swedish community’s transition to the New World in the middle of the 19th century. You’d think this kind of coming-to-America story would by now be as exhausted as the poor soil that farmer Karl-Oskar Nilsson leaves behind in Scandinavia when he sets off looking for a better life with richer sod and less control from the Lutheran puritans. But like the fragile, dry apple-tree sapling Karl-Oskar’s wife Kristina (Lisa Carlehed) and his children bring with them on the long journey, this saga takes root and flourishes, thanks to thoughtful film-making and an especially fine performance from Carlehed,...
This epic-scale adaptation of a series of novels by Vilhelm Moberg deserves its 148-minute running time, giving the plot enough space to cover a wide and deep tale of a Swedish community’s transition to the New World in the middle of the 19th century. You’d think this kind of coming-to-America story would by now be as exhausted as the poor soil that farmer Karl-Oskar Nilsson leaves behind in Scandinavia when he sets off looking for a better life with richer sod and less control from the Lutheran puritans. But like the fragile, dry apple-tree sapling Karl-Oskar’s wife Kristina (Lisa Carlehed) and his children bring with them on the long journey, this saga takes root and flourishes, thanks to thoughtful film-making and an especially fine performance from Carlehed,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
"We found it! We found our home." Signature Entertainment in the UK has revealed a new official trailer for The Emigrants, a Swedish drama adapted from a novel about Swedish immigrants moving to America in the 1800s. The film already opened last year in Sweden, and will be available to watch in the UK in August, but there's no US date yet. Perhaps because this one is about how America isn't exactly the "idyllic paradise promised" and land of dreams, especially for immigrants. And who in America wants to see a movie about that?! Ha. Based on the book by Vilhelm Moberg (published in 1949) depicting a few people emigrating from Sweden to the United States in the 1840 - early 1850. Starring Sofia Helin, Gustaf Skarsgard, Tove Lo, Lisa Carlehed, and Díana Bermudez. This is an epic trailer with that M83 song, plus all the sweeping Terrence Malick-esque cinematography. But it's...
- 7/5/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Erik Poppe’s period epic The Emigrants has sold to a slew of territories.
REinvent has had a busy start to Cannes Marche, closing a number of deals on The Emigrants and Nothing.
Erik Poppe’s period epic The Emigrants has sold to UK & Ireland (Signature Entertainment), Spain (Filmin), Poland (Vivarto), Hungary (Vertigo), Czech Repulic and Slovakia (Film Europe) and former Yugoslavia (McF MegaCom).
Lisa Carlehad and Gustav Skarsgård star in this adaptation of the Vilhelm Moberg classic novels, about Swedish immigrants in the US in the 1800s.
The dramatic thriller Nothing has closed fresh deals with Spain (A Contracorriente...
REinvent has had a busy start to Cannes Marche, closing a number of deals on The Emigrants and Nothing.
Erik Poppe’s period epic The Emigrants has sold to UK & Ireland (Signature Entertainment), Spain (Filmin), Poland (Vivarto), Hungary (Vertigo), Czech Repulic and Slovakia (Film Europe) and former Yugoslavia (McF MegaCom).
Lisa Carlehad and Gustav Skarsgård star in this adaptation of the Vilhelm Moberg classic novels, about Swedish immigrants in the US in the 1800s.
The dramatic thriller Nothing has closed fresh deals with Spain (A Contracorriente...
- 5/21/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Following its recent launch in the U.S., Nent has acquired domestic rights to Erik Poppe’s “The Emigrants” for its streamer Viaplay from REinvent International Sales.
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 mid-19th century. The film’s cast includes Lisa Carlehed (“In Your Arms”) and Gustaf Skarsgård (“438 days”), who star opposite Sofia Helin, Lena Strömdahl and Swedish pop sensation Tove Lo.
REinvent International Sales has also closed deals for former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Film Europe) and Hungary (Vertigo).
Helene Aurø, REinvent sales and marketing director, pointed out that “The Emigrants” will be one of the first films shown by Viaplay’s newly launched US platform. “The film is just as relevant today as...
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 mid-19th century. The film’s cast includes Lisa Carlehed (“In Your Arms”) and Gustaf Skarsgård (“438 days”), who star opposite Sofia Helin, Lena Strömdahl and Swedish pop sensation Tove Lo.
REinvent International Sales has also closed deals for former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Czech Republic and Slovakia (Film Europe) and Hungary (Vertigo).
Helene Aurø, REinvent sales and marketing director, pointed out that “The Emigrants” will be one of the first films shown by Viaplay’s newly launched US platform. “The film is just as relevant today as...
- 2/11/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films industry event will present 17 upcoming features.
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films industry event will present 17 upcoming features in its annual works in progress showcase.
The most high-profile film to show first footage will be Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants, produced by Sf Studios and the latest adaptation of the famed Vilhelm Moberg novels about a Swedish family that moves to America in the 1850s. The cast includes Lisa Carlehed, Gustaf Skarsgård, Tove Lo and Sofia Helin.
Further projects include Sagres, a Sweden-Finland-Belgium co-production sold by Totem Films. The debut feature from Stockholm-based Lovisa Siren...
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films industry event will present 17 upcoming features in its annual works in progress showcase.
The most high-profile film to show first footage will be Erik Poppe’s The Emigrants, produced by Sf Studios and the latest adaptation of the famed Vilhelm Moberg novels about a Swedish family that moves to America in the 1850s. The cast includes Lisa Carlehed, Gustaf Skarsgård, Tove Lo and Sofia Helin.
Further projects include Sagres, a Sweden-Finland-Belgium co-production sold by Totem Films. The debut feature from Stockholm-based Lovisa Siren...
- 8/13/2021
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
After the Viking conquest at July’s Cannes Festival, where Norway (“The Worst Person in the World”), Finland (“Compartment No. 6”) and Iceland (“Lamb”) collected kudos, more than 60 possible gems from the North are to be unveiled at the hybrid market New Nordic Films which will unspool over Aug. 24-27.
Scandinavia’s major film showcase, New Nordic Films runs parallel to Haugesund’s Norwegian Intl. Film Festival, which takes place Aug. 21-27.
Sony Pictures Classics’ Finnish pick-up “Compartment No. 6”, a Grand Jury Prize co-winner in Cannes, is set to kick-start the annual event and lead the pack of 24-plus finished titles. Most pics will screen online only, except those bowing in Haugesund cinemas as well, as fest official selections, such as “The Innocents,” “The Gravedigger’s Wife,” “Margrete-Queen of the North,” and “a-ha-The Movie.”
“It’s been a bit hard to finalize the market screenings, due to social distancing measures still in place in cinemas,...
Scandinavia’s major film showcase, New Nordic Films runs parallel to Haugesund’s Norwegian Intl. Film Festival, which takes place Aug. 21-27.
Sony Pictures Classics’ Finnish pick-up “Compartment No. 6”, a Grand Jury Prize co-winner in Cannes, is set to kick-start the annual event and lead the pack of 24-plus finished titles. Most pics will screen online only, except those bowing in Haugesund cinemas as well, as fest official selections, such as “The Innocents,” “The Gravedigger’s Wife,” “Margrete-Queen of the North,” and “a-ha-The Movie.”
“It’s been a bit hard to finalize the market screenings, due to social distancing measures still in place in cinemas,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
The leading Scandinavian market is ready for its 22nd edition, and will welcome the new projects by Erik Poppe, Bille August and Christian Tafdrup, among others. The upcoming 22nd edition of the Nordic Film Market is inviting along a total of 21 new feature-film projects – 13 in post-production and eight in development – and will present them to market delegates entirely digitally. The principal marketplace in the region is due to run from 4-7 February, during the 44th Göteborg Film Festival (29 January-8 February). All of the projects will be presented on the festival’s digital platform on 5 February, and the session will also be made available afterwards. Starting with the Works in Progress selection, Sweden is bringing along three projects: Norway’s Erik Poppe (U – July 22) is adapting The Emigrants, the classic novel written by Vilhelm Moberg, into an epic drama (see the news), while the other...
“Cop Secret,” “Margrete – Queen of the North” and “The Emigrants” are among 12 wide-ranging projects set to be presented at a virtual Nordic Film Market, Scandinavia’s biggest industry showcase which runs alongside the Goteborg Film Festival.
“Cop Secret,” directed by Icelandic gaolkeeper turned filmmaker Hannes Þór Halldórsson, is an action comedy following a tough cop who in denial about his sexuality and falls in love with his new partner while investigating a litany of bank robberies. The movie is being produced by Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir at Icelandic banner Pegasus and started shooting in September.
Both “Margrete – Queen of the North” and “The Emigrants” are highly anticipated historical dramas produced by Sf Studios and represented in international markets by REinvent.
“Margrete – Queen of the North” is directed by Charlotte Sieling, the acclaimed Danish director of “The Killing” and “The Bridge,” among others. The movie is set in 1402 and stars Trine Dyrholm...
“Cop Secret,” directed by Icelandic gaolkeeper turned filmmaker Hannes Þór Halldórsson, is an action comedy following a tough cop who in denial about his sexuality and falls in love with his new partner while investigating a litany of bank robberies. The movie is being produced by Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir at Icelandic banner Pegasus and started shooting in September.
Both “Margrete – Queen of the North” and “The Emigrants” are highly anticipated historical dramas produced by Sf Studios and represented in international markets by REinvent.
“Margrete – Queen of the North” is directed by Charlotte Sieling, the acclaimed Danish director of “The Killing” and “The Bridge,” among others. The movie is set in 1402 and stars Trine Dyrholm...
- 1/19/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Erik Poppe to direct $9.3m period drama.
Erik Poppe’s period drama The Emigrants is relocating production from the Czech Republic to Sweden and has recast a key role as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Swedish production, which has a budget of €8.5m ($10m), was initially scheduled to film this year in the Czech Republic. But the large-scale adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s classic novel will now take place in the Swedish region of Västra Götaland, with filming mainly taking place in the surrounding areas of Alingsås and Munkedal. Shooting will begin this week and continue for the next seven weeks.
Erik Poppe’s period drama The Emigrants is relocating production from the Czech Republic to Sweden and has recast a key role as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Swedish production, which has a budget of €8.5m ($10m), was initially scheduled to film this year in the Czech Republic. But the large-scale adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s classic novel will now take place in the Swedish region of Västra Götaland, with filming mainly taking place in the surrounding areas of Alingsås and Munkedal. Shooting will begin this week and continue for the next seven weeks.
- 9/7/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Erik Poppe to direct $9.3m period drama.
Upcoming period drama ‘The Emigrants’ is to relocate shooting from the Czech Republic to Sweden and has recast a key role as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Swedish production, which has a budget of €8.5m ($10m), was initially scheduled to film this year in the Czech Republic, directed by Erik Poppe (Utøya: July 22).
But the large-scale adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s classic novel will now take place in the Swedish region of Västra Götaland, with filming mainly taking place in the surrounding areas of Alingsås and Munkedal. Shooting will begin this...
Upcoming period drama ‘The Emigrants’ is to relocate shooting from the Czech Republic to Sweden and has recast a key role as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Swedish production, which has a budget of €8.5m ($10m), was initially scheduled to film this year in the Czech Republic, directed by Erik Poppe (Utøya: July 22).
But the large-scale adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s classic novel will now take place in the Swedish region of Västra Götaland, with filming mainly taking place in the surrounding areas of Alingsås and Munkedal. Shooting will begin this...
- 9/7/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
In today’s Global Bulletin, the BBC picks up Awkwafina’s latest series, Tove Lo preps her acting debut, HBO Nordics and Australia’s ABC make executive hires, Conecta Fiction Reboot and Mip Cancun share details for their updated events, and Banijay closes a first-look deal with U.K. production company Nineteen11.
Acquisition
BBC Three has picked up comedy series “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” from ViacomCBS International Studios and will make it available to stream exclusively on BBC iPlayer in the U.K. later this year.
The 10-part series stars the popular actor-rapper Awkwafina, a Golden Globe winner for her work in “The Farewell,” and is based on her own real-life story growing up in Queens, New York. It co-stars “SNL” alum Bowen Yang, Bd Wong (“Mr Robot”) and Lori Tann Chinn (“Orange is the New Black”).
Lucia Aniello, Natasha Lyonne and Steven K. Tsuchida direct the series, produced...
Acquisition
BBC Three has picked up comedy series “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” from ViacomCBS International Studios and will make it available to stream exclusively on BBC iPlayer in the U.K. later this year.
The 10-part series stars the popular actor-rapper Awkwafina, a Golden Globe winner for her work in “The Farewell,” and is based on her own real-life story growing up in Queens, New York. It co-stars “SNL” alum Bowen Yang, Bd Wong (“Mr Robot”) and Lori Tann Chinn (“Orange is the New Black”).
Lucia Aniello, Natasha Lyonne and Steven K. Tsuchida direct the series, produced...
- 8/19/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Los Angeles-based Swedish singer songwriter Tove Lo has been cast for her acting debut in The Emigrants, the $10M Scandi epic from local major Sf Studios.
Erik Poppe (Utøya: July 22) is helming the adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s classic novels which chronicle the one and a half million Swedes who sought a better life across the Atlantic in the mid-19th century. Production is scheduled to get underway in the Western part of Sweden in September.
One of Sweden’s biggest musical exports, Tove Lo’s hit singles include Habits (Stay High), which reached number three on the U.S. Billboard chart and has had close to 700 million streams on Spotify and Youtube, while she has also co-written songs including Lorde’s Homemade Dynamite and Ellie Goulding’s Love Me Like You Do, which was on the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack and was Grammy and Golden Globe nominated.
Erik Poppe (Utøya: July 22) is helming the adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s classic novels which chronicle the one and a half million Swedes who sought a better life across the Atlantic in the mid-19th century. Production is scheduled to get underway in the Western part of Sweden in September.
One of Sweden’s biggest musical exports, Tove Lo’s hit singles include Habits (Stay High), which reached number three on the U.S. Billboard chart and has had close to 700 million streams on Spotify and Youtube, while she has also co-written songs including Lorde’s Homemade Dynamite and Ellie Goulding’s Love Me Like You Do, which was on the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack and was Grammy and Golden Globe nominated.
- 8/19/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Sf Studios’ period epic set to begin production in September.
Lisa Carlehed and Gustaf Skarsgård have signed on to play the leading roles in Sf Studios’ period drama The Emigrants.
Directed by Norwegian filmmaker Erik Poppe (Utøya: July 22), the adaptation of Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg’s popular classic will begin production in September in the western part of Sweden.
The cast also includes Liv Ullmann – who previously starred in Jan Troell’s Oscar-nominated 1971 version of the story opposite Max von Sydow – and Sofia Helin.
The screenplay has been written by Siv Rajendram Eliassen and Anne Bache-Wiig, and the film will...
Lisa Carlehed and Gustaf Skarsgård have signed on to play the leading roles in Sf Studios’ period drama The Emigrants.
Directed by Norwegian filmmaker Erik Poppe (Utøya: July 22), the adaptation of Swedish author Vilhelm Moberg’s popular classic will begin production in September in the western part of Sweden.
The cast also includes Liv Ullmann – who previously starred in Jan Troell’s Oscar-nominated 1971 version of the story opposite Max von Sydow – and Sofia Helin.
The screenplay has been written by Siv Rajendram Eliassen and Anne Bache-Wiig, and the film will...
- 7/2/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
The epic drama, based on Sweden’s beloved classic novel written by Vilhelm Moberg, is slated to begin principal photography in September. Norway’s Erik Poppe, one of the most experienced and compelling Scandinavian directors, best known for films such as Hawaii, Oslo (2004), A Thousand Times Good Night (2013), The King’s Choice (2016) and his most recent (and shocking) title, U – July 22 (2018), hopes to shoot his next endeavour in West Sweden in September. The veteran helmer’s new effort, an epic drama entitled The Emigrants, is based on the classic 1949 novel of the same name, written by Vilhelm Moberg, and is being adapted for the big screen by Siv Rajendram Eliassen and Anne Bache-Wiig. Speaking about the plot, producer Fredrik Wikström Nicastro explained: “The story that Vilhelm Moberg told over 70 years ago is a timeless classic and is more relevant today than when it was first written....
Norwegian filmmaker Erik Poppe has set cast for his upcoming feature adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s classic Swedish tale The Emigrants, which is aiming to shoot in Sweden from September.
Lisa Carlehed, who was nominated for a prestigious Bodil Award this year for her role in Until We Fall, will star alongside Gustav Skarsgård. Also cast are The Bridge star Sofia Helin, and Liv Ullmann, the filmmaker and actress who appeared in the 1971 Oscar-nominated adaptation of The Emigrants alongside Max Von Sydow.
Ullman played female lead Kristina in the original film and will this time play her mother Anna, with Carlehed as Kristina, while Skarsgård will play Karl-Oskar. The epic story chronicles the one and a half million Swedes who sought a better life across the Atlantic.
The Emigrants is produced by Sf Studios, which will also distribute in the Nordics and is aiming for a...
Lisa Carlehed, who was nominated for a prestigious Bodil Award this year for her role in Until We Fall, will star alongside Gustav Skarsgård. Also cast are The Bridge star Sofia Helin, and Liv Ullmann, the filmmaker and actress who appeared in the 1971 Oscar-nominated adaptation of The Emigrants alongside Max Von Sydow.
Ullman played female lead Kristina in the original film and will this time play her mother Anna, with Carlehed as Kristina, while Skarsgård will play Karl-Oskar. The epic story chronicles the one and a half million Swedes who sought a better life across the Atlantic.
The Emigrants is produced by Sf Studios, which will also distribute in the Nordics and is aiming for a...
- 6/25/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Norwegian Film Institute has joined the project with funding.
The new adaptation of Swedish period drama The Emigrants is set to be directed by Erik Poppe who will replace long-attached filmmaker Daniel Espinosa, who left the project because of schedule conflicts.
Espinosa was first announced as the director of the literary adaptation in 2015. But the Swedish director, who wrapped shooting on Marvel superhero film Morbius in June, has since stepped down.
He has been replaced with Norwegian director Poppe, whose credits include The King’s Choice and Utoya - July 22.
Sf Studios produces with Norwegian co-producers Paradox, Poppe and...
The new adaptation of Swedish period drama The Emigrants is set to be directed by Erik Poppe who will replace long-attached filmmaker Daniel Espinosa, who left the project because of schedule conflicts.
Espinosa was first announced as the director of the literary adaptation in 2015. But the Swedish director, who wrapped shooting on Marvel superhero film Morbius in June, has since stepped down.
He has been replaced with Norwegian director Poppe, whose credits include The King’s Choice and Utoya - July 22.
Sf Studios produces with Norwegian co-producers Paradox, Poppe and...
- 10/24/2019
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Following last summer’s restoration of Swedish auteur Jan Troell’s directorial debut Here is Your Life (1966), Criterion presents the director’s most notable accomplishment from his most prolific period, the one-two punch of The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972). Though technically released as two distinct features, they are more of a conjoined saga detailing the travails of America’s Scandinavian ancestors. Richly attenuated, they’re adapted from the celebrated series of four novels by Vilhelm Moberg, Upon a Good Land, hailed as cornerstones of Swedish literature. Until now, these, along with most of Troell’s 1970s titles, (who is known best for his 2008 masterpiece, Everlasting Moments) have been largely unavailable, a pity considering the level of achievement and a handful of Academy Award nominations (including a Best Picture nod) between both features. It’s difficult to imagine a more authentic depiction of the early immigration experience, narratives which have...
- 3/1/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Jan Troell knocks us for a loop with his masterful epic of a Swedish farming family in the 1840s, making the big move to the promised green acres in frontier Minnesota. Max Von Sydow and Liv Ullmann are heartbreakingly deserving and hopeful; the dreamers and the devout and the intolerant come too. The two-film, six-hour saga is a faithful to history and politically neutral. The Emigrants / The New Land Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 796 & 797 1971-1972 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 191 + 202 min. / Utvandrarna & Nybyggarna / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 9, 2016 / 49.95 Starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Sven-Olof Bern, Aina Alfredsson, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Hans Alfredson, Ulla Smidje, Eva-Lena Zetterlund, Gustaf Faringborg. Cinematography and Editing Jan Troell Original Music Erik Nordgren /Bengt Ernryd, Georg Oddner Production design P.A. Lundgren Written by Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell from novels by Vilhelm Moberg Produced by Bengt Forslund Directed by Jan Troell...
- 2/13/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Though he broke out with "Easy Money" and garnered a lot of attention from Hollywood, one could argue that Daniel Espinosa hasn't really lived up to his Next Hot Thing status. "Safe House" was a forgettable action flick, and this spring's star-studded "Child 44" was a complete bomb, but miraculously not a huge loss for Lionsgate, thanks to some smart accounting. So perhaps it's not a surprise that the director has set up an upcoming project in Sweden. Read More: Review: 'Child 44' Starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, And Joel Kinnaman Screen Daily reports that Espinosa will helm a new adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s novel "The Emigrants." Cinephiles will know that Jan Troell made a wonderfully received 1971 movie based on the same material (it earned four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay), but maybe there's room for improvement?...
- 5/19/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Daniel Espinosa (Child 44) is set to adapt Vilhelm Moberg's acclaimed novel The Emigrants for major Scandinavanian distributor and financier Svensk. The Emigrants tells the story of Kristina and her husband Karl-Oskar, who emigrate from Sweden to America in the 1850s. Determined to flee poverty, religious persecution, and social oppression, they head across the Atlantic in search of a better life. An earlier adaptation was made in 1971 by Jan Troell was nominated for…...
- 5/16/2015
- Deadline
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