Tag Archives: Vilhelm Moberg

each emigration story is different (Film: Nybiggarna / The New Land – Jan Troell, 1972)

The Scandinavian film festival at the local cinematheque concluded several weeks ago, but yesterday,as a follow-up, we watched the second film of the mid-19th century Swedish emigration to America saga based on Vilhelm Moberg‘s novels and directed by Jan Troell. … Continue reading

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the history that repeats itself (Film: The Emigrants – Jan Troell, 1971)

‘The Emigrants‘ (‘Utvandarna‘ in Swedish) directed by Jan Troell was released in 1971 and is based on a series of novels written by Vilhelm Moberg and published between 1949 and 1959. The story takes place one hundred years earlier, sometime … Continue reading

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