The Promised Land
1975 · Movie · 168 min. · Poland
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew and a German, pool their money together to build a factory. The movie follows their ruthless pursuit of fortune.
Direction Andrzej Wajda
Cast Daniel Olbrychski · Wojciech Pszoniak · Andrzej Seweryn · Bozena Dykiel · Andrzej Szalawski · Anna Nehrebecka · Tadeusz Bialoszczynski · Franciszek Pieczka · Kalina Jedrusik · Jerzy Nowak · Kazimierz Opalinski · Andrzej Lapicki · Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Soundtrack Wojciech Kilar
Screenplay Andrzej Wajda · W.S. Reymont
Cinematography Witold Sobocinski
Original title Ziemia obiecana
Also known as The Promised Land
7.2
656 votes (FilmAffinity)
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