Nikolaj Arcel directs Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin and Simon Bennebjerg in this historical drama that adds lashings of sex and violence to the cultivating of the unwelcoming Denmark’s wild Jutland in the 18th century.

Probably not particularly historically accurate but very rousing. Arcel makes beautifully grubby fire lit period movies. He casts good villains and let’s Mads do his trademark sullen, righteous thing to full effect.

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Perfect Double Bill: A Royal Affair (2012)

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