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Andrzej Wajda

The Promised Land (Ziemia obiecana)

179' - 1975 - Drama - Dialogue: German, Russian, Yiddish, Polish
Director: Andrzej Wajda Composer: Wojciech Kilar With: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn
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.

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Credits

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Composer

Wojciech Kilar

With

Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn

Scenario

Andrzej Wajda

Director of Photography

Waclaw Dybowski, Edward Klosinski, Witold Sobocinski

Editor

Zofia Dwornik, Halina Prugar-Ketling

More information

Dialogue

German, Russian, Yiddish, Polish

Countries of production

Poland

Screenplay based on

"Ziemia Obiecana" (Władysław Stanisław Reymont)

Year

1975

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