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The Promised Land

The Promised Land

1975 · 179 min · PL · 7.1 (59 votes)
Dir. Andrzej Wajda · Starring Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn, Kalina Jędrusik, Anna Nehrebecka, Bożena Dykiel · Music Wojciech Kilar
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The Polish film based on the book of the same name by Władysław Reymont. Taking place in the nineteenth century town of 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 shown through the eyes of one Polish town.

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A sprawling, gritty epic of industrial ambition and its human cost. Witness the relentless drive for profit in 19th-century Poland, where friendships fray and humanity is tested amidst the roar of the factory.

grittyintensebleakambitioussteadyperiod dramasocial realismepic scopecapitalismambitionhumanityclass struggle
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factory workeradulterycapitalistluxuryfactoryfriendshipman vs machinefirehusband wife relationshipcheatingcapitalismlodzbankruptfire brigadeprofitpoletextile industryperiod of promoterism
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