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Nikolaj Arcel
Director 53 years old

Nikolaj Arcel

Copenhagen, Denmark

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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6 titles
Bastarden

Bastarden

Nikolaj Arcel 2023 2h 7m 8.3

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.

The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

Nikolaj Arcel 2017 1h 35m 5.5

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.

En kongelig affære

En kongelig affære

Nikolaj Arcel 2012 2h 17m 7.5

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Sandheden om mænd

Sandheden om mænd

Nikolaj Arcel 2010 1h 31m 5.0

Mads, a 34-year-old scriptwriter, goes through a life crisis when a close friend has a stroke and ends up in a coma. Mads breaks up with his girlfriend of 10 years and tries to find a different path in life. The movie has a meta storyline about making movies.

De fortabte sjæles ø

De fortabte sjæles ø

Nikolaj Arcel 2007 1h 40m 5.0

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.

Kongekabale

Kongekabale

Nikolaj Arcel 2004 1h 47m 9.0

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.

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