Sweet Land
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In 1920 Minnesota, a German mail-order bride arrives to find her new community suspicious, her minister refusing to marry them, and love waiting anyway.
Why watch: Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Selim raised $1M from Minnesota investors and shot in 24 days.
Cast
Elizabeth Reaser as Inge Altenberg
Lois Smith as Inge (as an older woman)
Patrick Heusinger as Young Lars
Tim Guinee as Olaf Torvik
Stephen Pelinski as Old Lars
Alan Cumming as Frandsen
Ned Beatty as Harmo
John Heard as Minister Sorrensen
Robert Hogan as Olaf Torvik (Old)
Paul Sand as Frandsen (as an older man)
Jodie Markell as Donna Torvik
Sage Kermes as Mae Torvik
Kirsten Frantzich as Lee
Stephen Yoakam as Einar Torvik
Karen Landry as Rose Torvik
Crew
Ali Selim — Director
Will Weaver — Writer
Ali Selim — Producer
Gil Bellows — Co-Producer
Lillian LaSalle — Executive Producer
Gill Holland — Executive Producer
Robin Selim — Co-Producer
Alan Cumming — Producer
Stephen Hays — Executive Producer
Edward J. Driscoll — Executive Producer
Terrance Moore — Executive Producer
Jim Bigham — Producer
Thomas Lieberman — Executive Producer
Gary S. Kohler — Executive Producer
Thomas Pope — Co-Producer
David Dancyger — Co-Producer
Joan Lynn — Casting
Lynn Blumenthal — Casting
James Stanger — Editor
Emily Davis — Art Direction
James Bakkom — Production Design
Eden Miller — Costume Design
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