The Promised Land (1988)

  • NR
  • 02/05/1988 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 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.

Andrzej Wajda

Director, Screenplay

Władysław Reymont

Novel

Cast

Daniel Olbrychski's headshot

Daniel Olbrychski

Karol Borowiecki
Wojciech Pszoniak's headshot

Wojciech Pszoniak

Moryc Welt
Andrzej Seweryn's headshot

Andrzej Seweryn

Maks Baum
Kalina Jędrusik's headshot

Kalina Jędrusik

Lucy Zuckerowa
Anna Nehrebecka's headshot

Anna Nehrebecka

Anka
Bożena Dykiel's headshot

Bożena Dykiel

Mada Müller
Andrzej Szalawski's headshot

Andrzej Szalawski

Herman Bucholz
Stanisław Igar's headshot

Stanisław Igar

Grünspan

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