The Promised Land (1975 film)

The Promised Land Polish Ziemia obiecana is a 1975 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda, based on a novel by Wadysaw Reymont. Set in the industrial city of d, The Promised Land tells the story of a Pole, a German, and a Jew struggling to build a factory in the raw world of 19th century capitalism.

Karol Borowiecki Daniel Olbrychski, a young Polish nobleman, is the managing engineer at the Bucholz textile factory. He is ruthless in his career pursuits and unconcerned with the long tradition of his, now financially declined, family. He plans to set up his own factory with the help of his friends Max Baum Andrzej Seweryn, a German and heir to an old handloom factory, and Moritz Welt Wojciech Pszoniak, an independent Jewish businessman. Borowieckis affair with Lucy Zucker Kalina Jdrusik, wife of another textile magnate, gives him advance notice of a change in cotton tariffs and helps Welt to make a killing on the Hamburg futures market. But more money has to be found, so all three characters cast aside their pride to raise the necessary capital.On the day of the factory opening, Borowiecki has to deny his affair with Zuckers wife to a jealous husband who, himself a Jew, makes him swear on a sacred Catholic object. Borowiecki then accompanies Lucy on her exile to Berlin. However Zucker sends an associate to spy on his wife he confirms the affair and informs Zucker, who takes his revenge on Borowiecki by burning down his brand new, uninsured factory. Borowiecki and his friends lose all that they had worked for. ........

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