The Emigrants

Utvandrarna (1971)

Timing: 3:11 (191 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1971-03-08

Country

Sweden

Production

SF Studios

Genre

Drama, History, Western

Budget

$1 600 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Jan Troell

Actors

Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Sven-Olof Bern, Aina Alfredsson, Allan Edwall, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Hans Alfredson, Ulla Smidje
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Scenario

Producer

Bengt Forslund

Operator

Jan Troell

Composer

Erik Nordgren

Artist

Audition

Editing

Jan Troell
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• During the filming of a scene near the end of the film, when Karl, played by Max von Sydow (1929-2020), goes in search of a new settlement, the director and cinematographer Jan Truell forgot to shout "Cut!", and the actor disappeared into the distance awaiting the director's command, and no one even noticed until lunchtime.
• Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) was a big fan of the film. He even called Truell to tell him so, but Truell took it as a prank and hung up (this happened repeatedly when Kubrick called someone to express his admiration). Kubrick particularly liked the costumes, and even brought costume designer Ulla-Britt Söderlund (1943-1985, who worked on the film) on board to assist Milena Canonero when costumes from the 18th century were needed for his 1975 drama, *Barry Lyndon*.
• Jan Truell and screenwriter Wilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) argued about whether the actors should speak with an accent. Truell insisted they speak with a Småland accent (Småland is a historical province in southern Sweden, where the film is set), while Moberg didn't want any dialect to be heard in the film at all. As a result of a compromise, Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann's characters speak with an accent, while all the others – for example, the characters played by Eddie Axberg and Pierre Lindstedt – speak with a very slight accent.
• During the filming of a scene near the end of the film, when Carl, played by Max von Sydow (1929-2020), goes in search of a new settlement, the director and cinematographer Jan Troell forgot to call "Cut!", and the actor disappeared into the distance waiting for the director's command, and no one even noticed until lunchtime.
• Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) was a big fan of the film. He even called Troell to tell him so, but Troell took it as a prank and hung up (this happened repeatedly when Kubrick called someone to express his admiration). Kubrick especially liked the costumes, and he even brought costume designer Ulla-Britt Söderlund (1943-1985, who worked on this film) in to assist Milena Canonero when costumes from the 18th century were needed for the 1975 drama "Barry Lyndon."
• Jan Troell and screenwriter Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) argued about whether the actors should speak with an accent. Troell insisted that they speak with a Småland accent (Småland is a historical province in southern Sweden, where the film is set), while Moberg did not want any dialect to be heard in the film at all. As a result of a compromise, the characters played by Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann speak with an accent, while all the others – for example, the characters played by Eddie Axberg and Pierre Lindstedt – speak with a very faint accent.