The Promised Land (1975)

7.3/10 179 min Drama History

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.

Cast

Daniel Olbrychski

Karol Borowiecki

Wojciech Pszoniak

Moryc Welt

Andrzej Seweryn

Maks Baum

Kalina Jędrusik

Lucy Zuckerowa

Anna Nehrebecka

Anka

Bożena Dykiel

Mada Müller

Andrzej Szalawski

Herman Bucholz

Stanisław Igar

Grünspan

Franciszek Pieczka

Müller

Kazimierz Opaliński

Maks' Father

Andrzej Łapicki

Trawiński

Wojciech Siemion

Wilczek

Tadeusz Białoszczyński

Karol's Father

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

Kessler

Jerzy Nowak

Zucker

Piotr Fronczewski

Horn

Jerzy Zelnik

Stein

Maciej Góraj

Adam Malinowski

Włodzimierz Boruński

Halpern

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