Nybyggarna (The New Land). 1972. Sweden. Directed by Jan Troell. Screenplay by Troell, Bengt Forslund, based on books by Vilhelm Moberg. With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt. Digital restoration courtesy Swedish Film Institute. In Swedish; English subtitles. 202 min.
After portraying a mid-19th-century Swedish family’s monumental journey to the United States in The Emigrants, Jan Troell’s sequel follows their struggles as they settle in Minnesota and come to terms with hopes, regrets, and grief amid the upheavals of the Civil War and ongoing conflicts with Native Americans defending their land.