The Promised Land

7.3
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Run time: 179 min
  • Premiere: 1975. February 21.

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.

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Daniel Olbrychski

Karol Borowiecki

Wojciech Pszoniak

Moryc Welt

Andrzej Seweryn

Maks Baum

Kalina Jędrusik

Lucy Zuckerowa

Bożena Dykiel

Mada Müller

Andrzej Szalawski

Herman Bucholz

Stanisław Igar

Grünspan

Kazimierz Opaliński

Maks' Father

Andrzej Łapicki

Trawiński

Jerzy Nowak

Zucker

Maciej Góraj

Adam Malinowski

Grażyna Michalska

Zośka Malinowska

Danuta Wodyńska

Müllerowa

Marian Glinka

Wilhelm Müller

Kazimierz Wichniarz

Zajączkowski

Jerzy Obłamski

Malinowski

Bernard Ładysz

Russian Merchant

Bohdana Majda

Grosglückowa

Teodor Gendera

Endelman

Jerzy Przybylski

Bucholz's Doctor

Mieczysław Waśkowski

August, Bucholz's Servant

Jan Paweł Kruk

Mateusz, Borowiecki's Servant

Alicja Sobieraj

Anka's Maid

Janina Tur-Kiryłow

Theatre Singer

Ryszard Bromowicz

Theatre Singer

Witold Dederko

Old Dyer

Tomasz Lengren

Kessler's Foreman

Jerzy Braszka

Engineer (uncredited)

Antoni Byszewski

Coachman (uncredited)

Mariola Fotez

Maks' Lover (uncredited)

Jerzy Stasiuk

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Lena Wilczyńska

Edelmanowa (uncredited)

Zofia Wilczyńska

Grunspanowa (uncredited)

Andrzej Wohl

Clerk (uncredited)

Bolesław Płotnicki

Malinowski (voice) (uncredited)

Art

Maciej Maria Putowski

Set Decoration

Tadeusz Kosarewicz

Production Design

Andrzej Haliński

Art Direction

Piotr Dudzinski

Art Direction

Maria Osiecka-Kuminek

Assistant Set Decoration

Adam Kopczynski

Art Direction

Camera

Edward Kłosiński

Director of Photography

Wacław Dybowski

Director of Photography

Witold Sobociński

Director of Photography

Janusz Kaliciński

Camera Operator

Jerzy Wiaderkiewicz

Assistant Camera

Jan Górski

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Barbara Ptak

Costume Design

Danuta Kowner-Hałatek

Costume Design

Halina Ber

Makeup Artist

Crew

Directing

Andrzej Wajda

Director

Andrzej Kotkowski

First Assistant Director

Jerzy Obłamski

Assistant Director

Krystyna Grochowicz

Assistant Director

Michał Ratyński

Assistant Director

Jerzy Domaradzki

First Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Barbara Pec-Ślesicka

Production Supervisor

Janina Krassowska

Production Supervisor

Sound

Wojciech Kilar

Original Music Composer

Leszek Wronko

Sound Designer

Krzysztof Wodziński

Sound Designer

Writing

Andrzej Wajda

Screenplay

Art

Maciej Maria Putowski

Set Decoration

Tadeusz Kosarewicz

Production Design

Andrzej Haliński

Art Direction

Piotr Dudzinski

Art Direction

Maria Osiecka-Kuminek

Assistant Set Decoration

Adam Kopczynski

Art Direction

Camera

Edward Kłosiński

Director of Photography

Wacław Dybowski

Director of Photography

Witold Sobociński

Director of Photography

Janusz Kaliciński

Camera Operator

Jerzy Wiaderkiewicz

Assistant Camera

Jan Górski

Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

Barbara Ptak

Costume Design

Danuta Kowner-Hałatek

Costume Design

Halina Ber

Makeup Artist

Crew

Directing

Andrzej Wajda

Director

Andrzej Kotkowski

First Assistant Director

Jerzy Obłamski

Assistant Director

Krystyna Grochowicz

Assistant Director

Michał Ratyński

Assistant Director

Jerzy Domaradzki

First Assistant Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Barbara Pec-Ślesicka

Production Supervisor

Janina Krassowska

Production Supervisor

Sound

Wojciech Kilar

Original Music Composer

Leszek Wronko

Sound Designer

Krzysztof Wodziński

Sound Designer

Writing

Andrzej Wajda

Screenplay