Official submission of Denmark for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 96th Academy Awards in 2024.
The movie is based on a book called "The Captain and Ann Barbara" by Ida Jessen, which is loosely based on the true story of Captain Ludvig Kahlen. The writers took many liberties with the story.
At a Q&A promoting the film, director Nikolaj Arcel responded to accusations that the cast lacked diversity: "Well, first of all, the film takes place in Denmark in the 1750s. We do have a big plotline about a girl of colour who is being subjected to racism, which was very rare, any people of colour in Denmark... almost nobody. She was probably at the time the only one in the entire country of Denmark."
Nikolaj Arcel's first directorial movie since 2017's The Dark Tower.
The young girl in the film is apparently Romani, or Gypsy. She is part of a traveler community which speaks Swedish in the original version of the film.
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