List of the best Jan Troell movies: The Emigrants(1971), Everlasting Moments(2008), Hamsun(1996), Hurricane(1979), The Last Sentence(2012), Here's Your Life(1966), The New Land(1972), The Flight of the Eagle(1982) ... ...
Drama
Sweden
1971
148 Minutes
Director
Max von Sydow Liv Ullmann Eddie Axberg Svenolof Bern Aina Alfredsson Allan Edwall Monica Zetterlund Pierre Lindstedt Hans Alfredson Ulla Smidje Eva-Lena Zetterlund
farmer husband wife son daughter somber touching småland, sweden minnesota ship countryside farm river family farming america travel emigration class distinctions adventure
Småland, Sweden, mid-19th century. A farming family struggle with their rocky, unyielding land, and decide to embark on the arduous journey to new hope in America.
Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Norway|Finland|Germany
2008
131 Minutes
Director
Maria Heiskanen Mikael Persbrandt Jesper Christensen Emil Jensen Ghita Nørby Amanda Ooms Antti Reini Birte Heribertsson Claire Wikholm
photographer wife husband daughter inspiring sweden family home mother/daughter relationship marital problems determination alcoholism poverty transformation growing up 1910s
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Biography
Denmark|Sweden|Norway|Germany
1996
158 Minutes
Director
Max von Sydow Ghita Nørby Anette Hoff Gard Eidsvold Eindride Eidsvold Asa Soderling Sverre Anker Ousdal Erik Hivju Edgar Selge Ernst Jacobi Svein Erik Brodal
writer wife doctor adolf hitler intense melodramatic norway germany household knut hamsun nazism treason world war ii politics marriage fall transformation 1940s
Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during WW2 and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.
Romance
USA|Netherlands
1979
119 Minutes
Director
Jason Robards Mia Farrow Dayton Ka'Ne Max von Sydow Trevor Howard Timothy Bottoms James Keach Richard Sarcione Ariiau Tekurarere Willie Myers Nick Rutgers
The desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and an American painter, against the will of her father. Amid this man-made tension comes a hurricane so devastating, the lives of the lovers and the entire island are imperiled.
Drama, History
2012
126 Minutes
Director
Jesper Christensen Pernilla August Peter Andersson Bengt C.W. Carlsson Maria Heiskanen Lia Boysen Lennart Hjulström Amanda Ooms Adam Lundgren Bjorn Granath Ulla Skoog
Swedish journalist Torgny Segerstedt uses the power of the press against the Nazis; meanwhile, his personal life takes a scandalous turn when he begins an affair with his publisher's Jewish wife (Pernilla August).
Drama
1966
169 Minutes
Director
Eddie Axberg Gudrun Brost Ulla Akselson Holger Löwenadler Allan Edwall Bo Wahlström Rick Axberg Göran Lindberg Tage Sjögren Tage Jonsson
Western, Drama
1972
161 Minutes
Director
Max von Sydow Liv Ullmann Eddie Axberg Hans Alfredson Monica Zetterlund Per Oscarsson
farmer immigrant prospector indian emotional tender somber brutal minnesota california farming gold rush indian life immigration war love sacrifice rivalry transformation 19th century
Swedish emigrants Karl-Oskar (Max von Sydow), wife Kristina (Liv Ullmann) and family struggle in 1850 Minnesota.
Drama, History
1982
139 Minutes
Director
Max von Sydow Göran Stangertz Sverre Anker Ousdal Eva von Hanno Charlotta Larsson Clément Harari Cornelis Vreeswijk Jan-Olof Strandberg
balloonist engineer explorer friend tense gripping norway sweden balloon arctic exploration balloon expedition survival friendship travel quest adventure 1890s
Swedish explorer Salomon August Andree (Max von Sydow) and two companions (Göran Stangertz, Sverre Anker Ousdal) try for the North Pole by balloon in 1897.