The Promised Land
DramaHistory
7.3/10
|PL
|pl
|179 min
Release Date: 1975-02-21
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.
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy "X"
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badelf
8/10
Andrzej Wajda's "The Promised Land" is quite fascinating and eminently watchable. The period imagery is superb, capturing late 19th century industrial Łódź with visceral authenticity. From the opening shots of choking black smoke enveloping the city, Wajda establishes the visual language of a world consumed by industrial greed. The narrative grows progressively darker and more cutthroat, following...
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