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The Promised Land

1975 · 179 min

A sprawling, morally bleak immersion into industrial greed, where ambition corrodes friendship and the human cost is rendered with unflinching clarity.

Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn

Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
greed
class
corruption
betrayal
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	3
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, history
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda
Written by: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Kalina Jędrusik, Anna Nehrebecka, Bożena Dykiel, Andrzej Szalawski, Stanisław Igar
Music: Wojciech Kilar
Cinematography: Witold Sobociński, Wacław Dybowski
Runtime: 179 min
Country: Poland
Languages: Yiddish, Russian, German, Polish, Latin

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