Sweet Land
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A tender, slow-paced period romance about a mail-order bride navigating cultural displacement, prejudice, and genuine human connection in post-WWI rural Minnesota.
Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.
Essence
Ensemble
Elizabeth Reaser
Inge Altenberg
Lois Smith
Inge (as an older woman)
Patrick Heusinger
Young Lars
Tim Guinee
Olaf Torvik
Stephen Pelinski
Old Lars
Alan Cumming
Frandsen
Ned Beatty
Harmo
John Heard
Minister Sorrensen
Robert Hogan
Olaf Torvik (Old)
Paul Sand
Frandsen (as an older man)
Jodie Markell
Donna Torvik
Sage Kermes
Mae Torvik
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