NEW 2026 NORDIC PERIOD SET PROJECTS: MARGRETHE ON THE CHILDHOOD OF THE DANISH QUEEN AND WW2 THE SWEDISH CONNECTION FROM NETFLIX

 2026 NORDIC PERIOD SET MOVIES AND SERIES 

MARGRETHE SERIES FROM DENMARK

Today's stop in our search for brand new period set international films and series is over in Scandinavia, starting with new Danish period set series MARGRETHE which follows a young girl which will grow up to become queen Margrethe II who recently abdicated in favour of her son Frederick. With her fate sealed from birth, the series follows her and her family’s daily life at Amalienborg, the residence of the Danish royal family, as well as the employees at court. Beginning in 1940, the six episode series will embrace the royal family for better or worse, on the palace’s polished floors and as they face political dilemmas, but first and foremost tell the story of the girl who was born a princess – and becomes heir to the throne as a young teenager in 1953. Done for Danish TV2, it stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Josefin Asplund as King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, Kirsten Lehfeldt as Queen Alexandrine and Henrik Larsen as King Christian X, while Margrethe is played by several different child actors.

 

 THE SWEDISH CONNECTION FROM NETFLIX

Over from Sweden comes new historical film with Henrik Dorsin and Sissela Benn, THE SWEDISH CONNECTION which will hit cinemas at the beginning of February and then stream on Netflix from February 19th. Set in 1942, the film takes place while Sweden attempts to keep a low profile to avoid provoking Germany and risking occupation.The story centers on the legal department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs which, headed by Gösta Engzell, initially leaves most Jewish visa applications untouched to maintain the country’s neutrality. However, the arrival of a newly appointed staff member, Rut Vogel, changes the dynamic. As she begins to question the practice, coinciding with the circulation of rumors regarding extermination camps, a dangerous policy shift begins.

 

SEE 1ST IMAGES FROM NETFLIX DANISH EPIC FAIRY TALE MOVIE EHRENGARD WITH COSTUMES FROM THE QUEEN HERSELF!

1ST IMAGES FROM EHRENGARD

THE ART OF SEDUCTION MOVIE

We have announced this one years ago when it was announced that the queen of Denmark will be creating costumes for it, but now we have first images from EHRENGARD: THE ART OF SEDUCTION movie from Bille August. Based on a Karen Blixen book the film will star Sidse Babett Knudsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Alice Bier Zandén and Emilie Kroyer Koppel, and will launch globally on Netflix this year. 

 

IN THE FAIRYTALE KINGDOM

of Babenhausen, a young, self-appointed expert on love, Mr. Cazotte (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard), is hired by the scheming Grand Duchess (Sidse Barbett Knudsen) to help her secure an heir. While searching for a suitable future Princess, Mr Cazotte teaches the timid and introverted Crown Prince Lothar (Emil Aron Dorph) the art of seduction and lovemaking. But their plan soon backfires, when an heir is conceived out of wedlock and the royal family has to seek refuge in the castle of Rosenbad. Here, as rivals within the royal family close in on their scheme, Cazotte himself falls in love with Ehrengard (Alice Esther Bier Zandén), the maid of honor, and gradually learns that in fact, he’s no expert on love at all.

SARAH LANCASHIRE, STEVEN KNIGHT WORKING ON SHAKESPEARE DRAMA SERIES! SEE TRAILER FOR DANISH 19TH CENTURY SATIRE MOVIE EMPIRE (VIFTEN) SET IN COLONIAL WEST INDIES!

 NEW SHAKESPEARE SERIES 

FROM SARAH LANCASHIRE AND STEVEN KNIGHT

Julia star Sarah Lancashire and Steven Knight are teaming up on making a drama series on WILLIAM SHAKE SPEARE, which will tell the

Lancashire will produce via her production company

complete story of the glove-maker’s son who became the greatest storyteller in history and how his genius survived and thrived in an age of turmoil and terror, danger and disease. As Variety reports, it aims to be the first full account of the passion, people and politics that made William Shakespeare the world’s most famous dramatist and the men and women around him who loved and labored, schemed and plotted, killed and connived in one of the most dangerous periods in history. Sarah Lancashire, who came up with the idea for the series, will produce through her production company.

 EMPIRE MOVIE TRAILER 

FROM COLONIAL DENMARK

Available for viewing to the Danish cinemagoers as of this weekend is their sprawling historical movie drama EMPIRE (Viften) which already had its

Empire is out as of April 20th in Denmark

world premiere earlier this January at Goteborg Film Festival in the neighbouring Sweden.  Coming from Meta Film studio, the movie was directed by Frederikke Aspock and delves deeply into Denmark’s colonial past in the Danish West Indies in 1848.

  EMPIRE FOLLOWS  

Anna Heegaard and Petrine (Sara Fanta Traore) who are close friends. Both women are colored, but their living conditions are very different – ​​Anna is free and owns the enslaved Petrine. Anna lives with Governor-General Peter von Scholten (Claus Riis Østergaard) at his country house, where she manages the home, the fortune and her beloved and trusted housekeeper Petrine. Everything seems to be as it should be, until rumors of a rebellion begin to swirl. Which side are Anna and Petrine really on – and is it the same? This absurdist satire drama was written by Anna Neye who also plays the lead role.

SEE GEORGE BLAGDEN IN ENCHANTING PERIOD SET MUSICAL MOVIE THE LAND OF DREAMS TRAILER! MOVING TRAILER FOR BILLE AUGUST'S PERIOD SET FILM THE KISS

  BILLE AUGUST' THE KISS  

PERIOD SET DRAMA TRAILER

The Kiss is on next February in Denmark

After Karen Blixen biopic The Pact, Bille August has prepared new period  set movie THE KISS and today we have the first trailer from it.  THE KISS , out in Denmark next February, is epic romance set in 1913 Denmark, on the eve of the First World War, following a noble young man training to be a cavalry officer. He meets a baron’s daughter, a beautiful young woman in a wheelchair following a tragic accident, and can’t figure out if his growing feelings for her are out of true love or pity. Based on Stefan Zweig novel it stars out dear Esben Smed, Clara Rosager, David Dencik, Lars Mikkelsen and Rosalinde Mynster!

 

 

  THE LAND OF DREAMS 

TRAILER WITH GEORGE BLAGDEN

If you were wondering where did our dear George Blagden disappear after Versailles and Vikings, we do not really know, but one of his projects, done

The movie is out in Italy next month

years ago, is finally arriving to cinemas November 10th, at least in Italy.

  THE LAND OF DREAMS directed and written by Nicola Abattangelo, sees Katsiaryna Shulha playing  a young immigrant named Eva living in New York during the 1920s who dreams of becoming a singer and falls for a pianist with an active imagination. Beside George Blagden, the movie also stars Kevin Guthrie, who was wonderful in The English Game series but then got himself locked up in jail, sadly. Although produced by Italy, this is an English language movie shot in Bulgaria with international cast.

SCANDINAVIAN SUNDAY: SEE HILMA PERIOD SET MOVIE TRAILER FROM LASSE HALLSTROM, THE DREAMER SERIES TRAILER WITH CONNIE NIELSEN ABOUT OUT OF AFRICA AUTHOR!

  HILMA MOVIE TRAILER  

FROM LASSE HALLSTROM

After the exciting updates from epic TV projects that Netflix presented to us at yesterday's Tudum event, we are continuing the weekend this Sunday by moving

Hilma will also stream on Viaplay UK

swiftly to Scandinavia, beginning our visit with the land of Sweden from which arrives the first trailer for new period set movie helmed by one of our favourite directors, always brilliant Lasse Hallstrom.

To open in their cinemas October 19th after which it will also be available on their streamer Viaplay, HILMA explores Hilma af Klint's enigmatic life, now recognized as one of the Western world's first abstract artists. The cast led by Lasse's and Lena Olin's daughter Tora Hallstrom, also includes Tom Wlaschiha, Lily Cole and Adam Lundgren. Beside directing and casting his wife and daughter, Lasse also wrote the script.

 

 THE DREAMER SERIES 

ON OUT OF AFRICA AUTHOR

Already streaming on Viaplay since last Sunday is period set TV series THE DREAMER (Drømmeren) aka Becoming Karen Blixen, which depicts the life of Karen Blixen, the author of famous Out of Africa played in the six

The Dreamer started last Sunday on Viaplay

episode series by Connie Nielsen. The story of this historical drama predominantly focuses on the author's return to Denmark after many years in East Africa. Penniless, sick and divorced, the story depicts her journey from this point to becoming a renowned writer. We met Blixen near ends, economically and emotionally bankrupt after her farm fails and her soulmate, as she calls English aristocrat Denys Finch Hatton, dies in an airplane accident and she is about to commit a suicide. This one comes from Denmark and features scenes in both Danish and English language. The drama was a part of Canneseries main competition this year.

IT'S DRAMA AND OPULENCE IN MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH HISTORICAL MOVIE TRAILER WITH TRINE DYRHOLM, JAKOB OFTEBRO! SVETLANA KHODCHENKOVA TO LEAD NETFLIX' 1ST RUSSIAN SERIES ANNA KARENINA

 MODERN ANNA KARENINA 

AS NETFLIX 1ST RUSSIAN SHOW

Svetlana Khodchenkova will take the lead

We are international today, starting with news from Netflix who have cast crazy gorgeous Svetlana Khodchenkova whom you have seen in Wolverine and numerous Russian blockbusters over the years, as the lead for their first Russian original series ANNA K a contemporary version of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. It will be a lavish retelling of the literary classic, set in modern Russia. It centers on Anna Karenina, the wife of the soon to become governor of St. Petersburg, who enters a life changing love affair with Vronsky, the dashing heir of an aluminum empire. Their affair quickly careens out of control, threatening the delicate balance of their familial bonds and social relationships. Set between cosmopolitan Moscow, historic St. Petersburg, and Russia’s rugged countryside, the drama explores themes of passion and loyalty. Stay tuned for casting news on Vronsky! Will it be one of our favourite Russian gents? Rinal, Petrov, Markov?

 

  MARGRETE: QUEEN OF NORTH 

FIRST EPIC TRAILER IS HERE!

I was probably among the first ones to inform you about this one last winter but now we have the first trailer

Margrete will hit Scandinavia this Autumn

and poster for Danish epic movie MARGRETE: QUEEN OF THE NORTH about their famous queen who united Denmark, Norway and Sweden into one kingdom.  It is the untold story of Margrete I (Trine Dyrholm), a visionary monarch ahead of her time. The year is 1402, and Margrete I has achieved what no man has managed before. She has gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace orientated union, which she single handedly rules through her young, adopted son, Erik. The union is beset by enemies, however, and Margrete is therefore planning a marriage between Erik and Princess Philippa of England. An alliance with England should secure the union’s status as an

Trine Dyrholm takes the lead role in the historical drama

emerging European power, but a breathtaking conspiracy is under way that could tear Margrete and all she believes in apart. Directed by Charlotte Sieling the film, also starring Norway's Jakob Oftebro, arrives this September.

TRAILERS FOR TASTY NEW FOOD MOVIES COMING FROM DENMARK: A TASTE OF HUNGER WITH NIKOLAJ COSTER WALDAU AND SUPERFUN THE FOOD CLUB SET IN ITALY

 A TASTE OF HUNGER TRAILER

WITH NIKOLAJ COSTER WALDAU

The spy continues with his task of presenting you with the updates on European projects, because there is a lot of interesting movies and series being produced

A Taste of Hunger is coming soon to cinemas

currently across the pond: today, I have for you a trailer for a drama movie coming from the land of Denmark  A TASTE OF HUNGER (Smagen af sult) which sees their leading actor and international star Nikolaj Coster Waldau and Katrine Greis Rosenthal playing a couple who sacrifice everything to achieve the highest possible accolade in the culinary world - a Michelin star. We follow the tension the efforts to achieve that goal cause in their lives. The film, directed by Christoffer Boe, will also be released in Russian later this May. Check out the English subtitled trailer below.

 THE FOOD CLUB TRAILER 

A FOOD COURSE IN ITALY?

Talking about food and Denmark, check out the fun trailer for another of their movies THE FOOD CLUB which is out in USA March 19th after already playing in cinemas in Australia and other parts of the world. It follows three long time girlfriends from elementary school, very different women, with

The Food Club is out in March in USA

one thing in common: they are all in the fall of their lives and they all feel how ruthless old age can be. Marie is abandoned by her husband on Christmas Eve, and as a consequence, her identity as part of a happy family crumbles. Berling is the eternal “bachelor” who outwardly denies her age and lives the sweet life, but in the backdrop she is affected by a complicated relationship with her daughter. Vanja, on the other hand, lives in the memories of her late husband and has difficulty moving on. The three women travel to Italy together to attend a food course in Puglia, and here they each have an opportunity to redefine themselves. But only when they are able to face reality, will they be able to change. They acknowledge that the most important thing is friendship and that it is never too late to create a new and better future. And by supporting each other, it turns out to be a life that has much more to offer than they ever dreamed of.

CELIA IMRIE, MATTHEW GOODE TO LEND VOICES TO 'BIG BAD FOX'! 'CLIFFS OF FREEDOM' 19TH CENTURY DRAMA POSTER WITH CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, BILLY ZANE! 1ST PHOTO FROM RAFE SPALL'S 'DENMARK' COMEDY

  'CLIFFS OF FREEDOM' POSTER

WITH CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

Cliffs of Freedom should be out this year

Still a deep slumber over in Tinseltown, so we are going international as usual, and I know you like it when your trusted spy brings you worldwide pleasures! First treat, a poster for historical drama CLIFFS OF FREEDOM set at the beginning of the 19th century, in the years which were very tumultuous for the Balkan Peninsula. With an international cast lead by acting legend Christopher Plummer the movie will also star Lance Henriksen, Billy Zane, Raza Jaffrey, Patti

Christopher Plummer leads the cast of the sweeping epic!

LuPone, Costas Mandylor. It will be a sweeping love story set during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence against the tyrannical Ottoman Empire in the 1820s.

  'BIG BAD FOX' LENDS

VOICES FROM CELIA IMRIE AND MATTHEW GOODE!

Great cast has also been gathered for the English version of French animated feature BIG BAD FOX! Our dearest Celia Imrie and Matthew Goode will

Celia Imrie and Matthew Goode will join the crazy farm!

lend their voices to the story of an unusual farm which is home to a fox who mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays a stork, and a duck who wants to replace Father Christmas.

  FIRST RAFE SPALL 

PHOTO FROM 'DENMARK' COMEDY

There is also the first photo from Rafe Spall's  bittersweet comedy DENMARK about one man's pursuit of a dream no more ridiculous than the times we live in! He plays a down-on-his-luck Welshman without a job or

Rafe Spall is heading to Denmark!

access to hot water, who makes a decision to change his life for the better. With nothing to lose, and everything to gain, he travels across Europe with one crazy goal: to get himself arrested and sent to a Danish prison where the beds are warm and the water is hot.

BRITISH BOYS DAY: COLIN FIRTH TO STAR IN WW2 DRAMA 'BENJAMIN'S CROSSING', KENNETH BRANAGH IN 'KEEPER OF THE DIARY' AS OTTO FRANK, RAFE SPALL IN 'DENMARK' COMEDY

COLIN FIRTH TO STAR

IN WW2 'BENJAMIN'S CROSSING'

Ladies, rejoice! It's the British Boys day today here! First stop Firthville! As 'Deadline' reports Colin Firth will star in BENJAMIN'S CROSSING period set drama about a man who crossed the Pyrenees Mountains running away from the Nazis!

Based on Jay Parini novel (his other novel The Last Station on Tolstoy has already been adapted), it is a  a true story set in 1940 when Jewish philosopher Benjamin finds himself forced to flee his home in Paris on the heels of the Nazi invasion. With nowhere else to turn, he meets Lisa Fittko, who is helping refugees escape to Spain through the Pyrenees. Despite his weak physical condition, Lisa reluctantly agrees to bring him along, leading an unlikely group of refugees on a daring adventure that will change their lives forever.

KENNETH BRANAGH IS OTTO

FRANK 'KEEPER OF THE DIARY'

Just a week ago you saw the first photos from Kenneth Branagh's directed Murder on Orient Express, in which he also plays Hercule Poirot the famous detective, and now he will play another famous Jew - Otto Frank in KEEPER OF THE DIARY which depicts his struggle to find a publisher for the diary written by his daughter Anne Frank before she perished in the Holocaust. He was aided by an ambitious young woman who, fresh out of the Doubleday typing pool, became a junior editor trying to find her way by combing through the slush pile for publishable manuscripts. She and Otto Frank found each other and their perseverance led to the publication of one of the most enduring documents of the Holocaust. That woman, Barbara Zimmerman, became a publishing legend at Doubleday and was the founder of the New York Review of Books. As 'Deadline' writes, the movie is set right after the WW2.

RAFE SPALL TO END UP

IN A PRISON IN 'DEN- MARK'
Meanwhile, another of our beloved Brits, ever so charming and lovely, Rafe Spall, will star in a more light of genres - a comedy DENMARK - with a rather funny plot: the story will follow a man’s decision to leave behind his dreary life and start afresh. Spall will play Herb, a down on his luck Welshman with no job, horrible neighbours and even worse prospects. When he discovers that Danish convicts live a luxurious life he could only dream of, he finally feels that he has something to aspire to: a life in Denmark as a prisoner. Spall's currently shooting new Jurassic World.