Kristina från Duvemåla

These are sequences from the film, built on the book with same name,  Emmigrants by Wilhelm Moberg and the music from the musical Kristina from Duvemåla. It´s about a family from Ljuder in Småland, Sweden which immigrants to Minnesota. Part 1 shows how Kristina and Karl-Oskar first met and how their family grows. The life at the farm is hard and to get something to eat they have to get ride of a lot of stones. The last part of the fist film show us how Karl-Oskars little brother Robert is working hard at another mans farm, This farmer is very hard on him and one day he hits him so he lost he hearing. Karl-Oskar is visiting the farmer to bring some justice. They all start to dream a dream.... about another country and a better life far, far away.

Part 2 starts with Kristina getting pregnant again and Karl- Oskar is asking God why he give them all these children, when the have no food to feed them with. Kristina gets mad on him and tells him not to blame God . But Karl-Oskar keep blaming God for their life and the really bad harvest they get. Their children starvs and their daughter Anna is eating some grains that makes her stomach swells and she dies. Krisitna think this could be a punish from God for the doubt Karl-Oskar has expressed before. They desides to leave Sweden together with some relatives and other people from the same area.

 

Part 3 This sequence show us the hard life at the ship to New York. Kristina get fleas and blame Ulrica, an unmarried woman with bad reputation. Many people get really sick during the trip and some of them have to be burried into the sea. Kristina also get very ill in Scurvy and Karl- Oskar is afraid he will loose her.

 

Part 4 They now finally see land and going ashore in New York. They cant belive what they are seeing. There are so much food and people are dressed in a way only the nobless would be dressed in Sweden. There is only one big problem the language. Some of them hoped that God would make them speak English when they got ashore. Karl-Oskar get Krisitna some milk, something she dreamt of for a long time. The trip goes from New York with a train and steamboat to the place Stillwater where the nice man, reverend Jackson take care of the poor bunch of people who are hungry, in need of new clothes and help with the language.

 

Part 5 They are now reaching their new home. Kristina sees it all and start wondering if they made the right decision. She is thinking about her former life and the child who died. They are struggling with different problems. The have settled down in a place where there is a war on aginst the indians and they are some times feeling endangered. Kristina also miss her homeland, the people from home and the community. God! You have to be there!  This on is in English!

 

Part 6: This one is translated with English subtitle!! :) But the story before this sequence is that Kristina has been told from a doctor that she can´t have any more children and she will die if she get pregnant again. The couple decide to live separate, but their love can´t keep them apart.......