Nikolaj Arcel

Director

August 25, 1972 (53 years)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Biography

Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972) is a Danish filmmaker. He is best known for his 2012 film A Royal Affair, which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, as well as the 2017 American film The Dark Tower. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nikolaj Arcel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

5.8

The Dark Tower

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

7.7

The Promised Land

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

7.3

A Royal Affair

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

6.0

Truth About Men

Mads moves into a house with his lovely girlfriend Marie when a sudden pang of doubt strikes him. Is this the meaning of life? Has he lived out all his dreams? He drops everything, moves away from his girlfriend and throws himself into a desperate quest to live out his greatest dreams; a quest to find the meaning of life and the one and only.

5.4

Island of Lost Souls

14-year-old Lulu moves to a small provincial town with her mother and younger brother. One night, her brother is struck by a beam of white light - actually the spirit of Herman Hartmann from the 19th-century. To her despair, Lulu realizes that Herman has possessed her brother, and the two of them are whirled into a fevered adventure.

6.9

King's Game

Starting a new job as a political journalist at a leading newspaper, Ulrik Torp witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty's ranks -- a struggle that coincides with the charismatic party leader's involvement in a near fatal car accident. A flurry of lies and media speculation surrounds the incident. Gradually, Ulrik unearths a ruthless conspiracy involving the incumbent prime minister.

9.0

Woyzeck's Last Symphony

A tragicomedy, this film is about a world-famous Czech composer who, after emigrating, has to work on a porn movie to make a living.

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