Sweet Land
2005 · Movie · 110 min · ★ 6.3 · 80% critics
Inge leaves Germany in 1920 to travel to rural Minnesota to meet the man she is expected to marry. As she tries to build a new life, she confronts social and legal obstacles and prejudice from locals.
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Details
- Years
- 2005
- Release date
- 2005-10-21
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (53 votes)
About
If you want a sweet, old-fashioned immigrant romance set on the Great Plains, Sweet Land may satisfy you; Not for you if you need nonstop thrills or prefer faster, more plot-driven dramas like Tess.
Pros: gentle immigrant love story; beautiful Midwestern setting; strong performances | Cons: can feel slow; some characters fade out; mixed pacing
Themes
- farm
- friendship
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- minnesota
- rural area
- citizenship
- german american
- post world war i
- morality
- mail order bride
- wedding
- church
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Elizabeth Reaser
as Inge Altenberg
Lois Smith
as Inge (as an older woman)
Patrick Heusinger
as Young Lars
Tim Guinee
as Olaf Torvik
- SP
Stephen Pelinski
as Old Lars
Alan Cumming
as Frandsen
Ned Beatty
as Harmo
John Heard
as Minister Sorrensen
Robert Hogan
as Olaf Torvik (Old)
Paul Sand
as Frandsen (as an older man)
Directed by Ali Selim