‘Utoya: July 22’ Director Erik Poppe Sets Cast For Adaptation Of Classic Swedish Tale ‘The Emigrants’
Tom Grater International Film ReporterNorwegian filmmaker Erik Poppe has set cast for his upcoming feature adaptation of Vilhelm Moberg’s classic Swedish tale The Emigrants, which is aiming to shoot in Sweden from September.Lisa Carlehed, who was nominated for a prestigious Bodil Award this year for her role in Until We Fall, will star alongside Gustav Skarsgård (438 Days, Vikings). Also cast are The Bridge star Sofia Helin, and Liv Ullmann, the filmmaker and actress who appeared in the 1971 Oscar-nominated adaptation of The Emigrants alongside Max Von Sydow.Ullman played female lead Kristina in the original film and will this time play her mother Anna, with Carlehed as Kristina, while Skarsgård will play Karl-Oskar.