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The Emigrants

1971 film directed by Jan Troell
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Summary

The Emigrants is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,978 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Silver nugget for the best foreign film[3]
  • Director: Jan Troell[4]
  • Screenwriter: Jan Troell[5], Bengt Forslund[6]
  • Composer: Erik Nordgren[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8], historical film[9]
  • Based on: The Emigrants[10], Unto a Good Land[11]
  • Followed by: The New Land[12]
  • Cast member: Max von Sydow[13], Liv Ullmann[14], Eddie Axberg[15], Monica Zetterlund[16], Allan Edwall[17], Hans Alfredson[18], Pierre Lindstedt[19], Åke Fridell[20], Agneta Prytz[21], Halvar Björk[22], Tom Fouts[23]
  • Producer: Bengt Forslund[24]
  • Production company: SF Studios[25]
  • Director of photography: Jan Troell[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Swedish[27]
  • Review score: 9/10[28], 94%[29]
  • Color: color[30]
  • Country of origin: Sweden[31]
  • Publication date: March 8, 1971[32], September 3, 1971[33], October 2, 1971[34], February 17, 1972[35], September 24, 1972[36], March 22, 1973[37], June 8, 1973[38], July 27, 1973[39], November 6, 1973[40], March 13, 1974[41], January 27, 1975[42], August 14, 1975[43], February 4, 1977[44], February 1977[45]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[46]
  • Narrative location: United States[47], Sweden[48]
  • Main subject: Swedish emigration to the United States[49]
  • Film editor: Jan Troell[50]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress[51], Academy Award for Best Director[52], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[53], Academy Award for Best Picture[54], Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[55], International Submission to the Academy Awards[56]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: The Emigrants universe[57]
  • Title: Utvandrarna[58]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[59]
  • After a work by: Vilhelm Moberg[60]

Why It Matters

The Emigrants has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

FAQs

What awards did The Emigrants receive?

Honors received include Silver nugget for the best foreign film[3].

Related Entities

film Liv Ullmann Max von Sydow Sweden United States

References

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  42. [44] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  47. [49] ↑ . The Emigrants. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
    Ampas collections film id → 1009541, W069461
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  2. 6d ago · Schemathings · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
    Main subject → Swedish emigration to the United States
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  3. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    After a work by → Vilhelm Moberg
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  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 30605
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  5. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 19th century
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  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 18w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Film editor → Jan Troell
    Composer → Erik Nordgren
    Research project that contributed to this data set → (Con)sequential Images
    Director → Jan Troell
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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