The Emigrants/The New Land: Two Films by Jan Troell [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [2 Discs]

Criterion Collection (2Pc)

Overview

This Criterion collection of films from director Jan Troell contains Emigrants (1971) about a 19th century Swedish family that emigrates to the fertile fields of Minnesota and the sequel The New Land (1972) that follows the continuing adventures of the Swedish pioneers.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/09/2016
UPC:	0715515167611
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	PG
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Color]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	6:33:00
Sales rank:	12,356

Special Features

New high-definition Digital Restorations of both films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks; New introduction by theater and film critic John Simon; New conversation between film scholar Peter Cowie and Director Jan Troell; New Interview with Actor Liv Ullmann; To Paint with Pictures, an hour-long documentary from 2005 on the making of the films, featuring archival footage as well as interviews with Troell, Ullmann, Producer and Co-Screenwriter Bengt Forslund, actor Eddie Axberg, and Composer Georg Oddner; Trailers; New English Subtitle translations; Plus: An essay by critic Terrence Rafferty