The Promised Land (1975)

Name: The Promised Land
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1975
Duration: 2 h 59 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Andrzej Łapicki, Andrzej Seweryn, Andrzej Szalawski, Anna Nehrebecka, Bożena Dykiel

Original Title: Ziemia obiecana

Drama History

7.4 (91 votes)

2h 59m

Overview

In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.

Details

Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writer: Andrzej Wajda, Władysław Reymont
Original Language: Polish
Budget: N/A

Cast

Andrzej Łapicki Andrzej Seweryn Andrzej Szalawski Anna Nehrebecka Bożena Dykiel Daniel Olbrychski Franciszek Pieczka Jerzy Nowak Kalina Jędrusik Kazimierz Opaliński Stanisław Igar Tadeusz Białoszczyński Wojciech Pszoniak Wojciech Siemion Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

Keywords

adultery arsonist bankrupt capitalism capitalist cheating factory factory worker fire fire brigade friendship humanity husband wife relationship inhumanity lodz man vs machine period of promoterism pole profit revenge teacher textile industry