THE EMIGRANTS
by Erik Poppe
synopsis
The story of Kristina Nilsson, a mother who leaves a poverty-stricken Sweden with her family in the 1850s and sets out on a long, dangerous journey, hoping to find a better life for herself and her children in America. Based on Vilhelm Moberg’s much-loved classic.
| international title: | The Emigrants |
| original title: | Utvandrarna |
| country: | Sweden, Norway, Denmark |
| sales agent: | REinvent Studios |
| year: | 2021 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Erik Poppe |
| release date: | SE 25/12/2021 |
| screenplay: | Anna Bache-Wiig, Siv Rajendram Eliassen |
| cast: | Gustaf Skarsgård, Sofia Helin, Tove Lo, Laurence Kinlan, Díana Bermudez, Lisa Carlehed, Ola Normelli, Adrian Taheri, James Longshore, Iulian Burciu |
| cinematography by: | John Christian Rosenlund |
| art director: | Pia Wallin, Dan Toader |
| costumes designer: | Louize Nissen |
| music: | Johan Söderqvist |
| producer: | Fredrik Wikström |
| co-producer: | Jenny Stjernströmer-Björk |
| executive producer: | Petter Skavlan |
| associate producer: | Brita Lundqvist |
| line producer: | Smaranda Sterian, Kaare Storemyr |
| production: | SF Studios Production AB, TV4, Paradox Spillefilm, SF Studios, Fantefilm, Nordsvensk Filmunderhållning (SE) |
| backing: | Swedish Film Institute/Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Nordisk Film & TV Fond, NFI - Norwegian Film Institute/Norsk Filminstitutt, Film i Väst, DFI (Danish Film Institute) + New Danish Screen |
| distributor: | SF Studios |