Sweet land [videorecording] / Beautiful Motion Pictures LLC ; LaSalleHolland ; produced by James Bigham, Alan Cumming ; written by Ali Selim ; directed by Ali Selim.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Based on the short story "A gravestone made of wheat" by Will Weaver. Title from container. Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, John Heard, Alex Kingston, Ned Beatty, Lois Smith, Patrick Heusinger.
Summary:
Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand.
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