The Promised Land
Original title: Ziemia obiecana · Turkish title: Vaatler Ülkesi
1975 · 2 h 59 min
Directed by 
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej WajdaCast
Daniel Olbrychski 
Wojciech Pszoniak 
Andrzej Seweryn
Credits
Written by: Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
Plot
Three friends in nineteenth-century Łódź build a factory.
Sinekatalog’s take
Andrzej Wajda's epic follows three friends building a textile factory in 19th-century Łódź. Vivid, ferocious and sweeping, it is a savage portrait of industrial greed and capitalist ambition.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (4,680 votes)
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