

The Promised Land
1975-02-21 · 179 min · ★ 7.4
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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- Directors
- Andrzej Wajda
- Production companies
- Zespół Filmowy "X"
- Countries
- Poland
- Status
- Released
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Daniel OlbrychskiKarol Borowiecki
Wojciech PszoniakMoryc Welt
Andrzej SewerynMaks Baum
Kalina JędrusikLucy Zuckerowa
Anna NehrebeckaAnka
Bożena DykielMada Müller
Andrzej SzalawskiHerman Bucholz
Stanisław IgarGrünspan
Franciszek PieczkaMüller
Kazimierz OpalińskiMaks' Father
Andrzej ŁapickiTrawiński
Wojciech SiemionWilczek
Tadeusz BiałoszczyńskiKarol's Father
Zbigniew ZapasiewiczKessler
Jerzy NowakZucker
Piotr FronczewskiHorn
Jerzy ZelnikStein
Maciej GórajAdam Malinowski
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