The Promised Land
2023
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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 ...
Sep 1, 2023 · The Promised Land, the new film from Danish director Nikolaj Arcel, is a story of ambition.. Set in 1755 it follows Captain Ludvig Kahlen, a bankrupt former soldier determined to secure the royal ...
Nikolaj Arcel. Writer: A Royal Affair. Nikolaj Arcel was born on 25 August 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a writer and director, known for A Royal Affair (2012), Kongekabale (2004) and The Promised Land (2023).
Nov 29, 2023 · More than a decade after joining forces on the Oscar-nominated film “A Royal Affair,” actor Mads Mikkelsen has reteamed with writer-director Nikolaj Arcel for “The Promised Land,” a ...
Feb 1, 2024 · ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with The Promised Land director Nikolaj Arcel about reuniting with Mads Mikkelsen on his latest drama. The film is Denmark’s official submission for ...
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.
