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Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972) is a Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2012 film A Royal Affair , which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards , as well as the 2017 American film The Dark Tower .
Jan 31, 2024 · "I have a deep-seated love for epic movies," effuses Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel.With The Promised Land, he has finally made a true historical epic of his own.. Based on The Captain and Ann Barbara by Danish novelist Ida Jessen, the 18th-century Nordic drama follows a war veteran, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen), who sets out to become the first man to cultivate Denmark's notoriously ...
Jan 30, 2024 · Jensen also co-wrote The Promised Land with Arcel, continuing his own long-running collaboration with Mikkelsen, who plays Captain Ludvig Kahlen, an 18th Century Danish war hero, who is obsessed with taming the seemingly uninhabitable heath of Denmark in order to build a new farming community for the country’s King.
Aug 31, 2023 · Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel, who was behind “The Dark Tower” with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey – is bringing back the historical epic with “The Promised Land,” which world ...
- Marta Balaga
After directing 2017's The Dark Tower, Nikolaj Arcel's blockbuster Stephen King adaptation, the Danish filmmaker felt a strong desire to return home. "I think a lot of European directors find that when they do come over to Hollywood and do a studio movie — which many do at least once — it's hard to retain their voice," he observes.
Sep 1, 2023 · While The Promised Land sounds more subdued than the original Danish title, Bastarden (The Bastard), there’s nothing tame or prosaic about Nikolaj Arcel’s brawny historical drama.Reuniting the ...
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Jan 13, 2024 · The Promised Land, from Danish director Nikolaj Arcel, is a story of ambition.Set in 1755, it follows Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen), a bankrupt former soldier determined to secure the ...
