Nikolaj Arcel

Nikolaj Arcel

1972-08-25 Copenhagen, Denmark 21 Credits

Biography

Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972; Copenhagen) 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. Arcel was born and raised in Copenhagen. His mother Libby Tata Arcel is a psychologist from the Greek city Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, while his father, Arne Arcel...

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The Promised Land

The Promised Land

2023

Director, Writer

7.7
Directing Writing

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 ...

Riders of Justice

Riders of Justice

2020

Idea

7.3

Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims ...

The Purity of Vengeance

The Purity of Vengeance

2018

Screenplay

7.2
Writing

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institut...

The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower

2017

Director, Screenplay

5.8
Directing Writing

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...

A Conspiracy of Faith

A Conspiracy of Faith

2016

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department ...

The Absent One

The Absent One

2014

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a loca...

The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes

2013

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the di...

Antboy

Antboy

2013

Story

5.7
Writing

12-year-old Pelle accidentally gets bitten by an ant and develops unimaginable superpowers. With help from his friend, comic book nerd Wilhelm, Pelle ...

A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair

2012

Director, Screenplay

7.4
Directing Writing

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

Truth About Men

Truth About Men

2010

Screenplay, Director

6.2
Writing Directing

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 hi...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2009

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a mi...

Journey to Saturn

Journey to Saturn

2008

Writer

5.8
Writing

A Danish crew of misfits travel to Saturn in search for natural resources. However, the planet is colonized by a ruthless army of Aliens that turn the...

Fighter

Fighter

2007

Co-Writer

5.7
Writing

Aïcha, a high-school student, is a passionate kung fu fighter. Her Turkish parents expect her to get good grades so she can get into medical school, l...

Cecilie

Cecilie

2007

Writer

6.0
Writing

Cecilie sees and hears things no one else does; places suddenly change appearance, people aren´t really there. One night she experiences a rape, but n...

Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls

2007

Director, Screenplay

5.4
Directing Writing

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 - act...

King's Game

King's Game

2004

Director, Writer

6.7
Directing Writing

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 str...

Catch That Kid

Catch That Kid

2004

Original Film Writer

5.6
Writing

A determined twelve-year-old mountain climber takes drastic action to save her injured father by planning a high-stakes bank heist, using her skills a...

Catch That Girl

Catch That Girl

2002

Writer

5.6
Writing

Ida's father suddenly gets a stroke and is rushed to the hospital, diagnosed with a deadly disease with no other opportunity than to travel to USA to ...

Woyzeck's Last Symphony

Woyzeck's Last Symphony

2001

Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing

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.

The Monster of Florence

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A reconstruction of eight double homicides believed to have been committed single-handedly between 1968 and 1985 in and around Florence, Italy.

Good Mothers

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

In a quiet suburban community, three women's friendship is challenged when one of their sons is accused of sexual assault.