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The Promised Land

The Promised Land

7.3(73 votes)
1975
2h 59m
DramaHistory

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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Zespół Filmowy "X"
Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych w Łodzi

Languages

Original:pl
Spoken:
GermanPolishRussianYiddish

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