Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty, and Lois Smith
Inge arrives from Germany to marry Olaf, but they cannot legally wed because she lacks citizenship papers. Sweet Land (2005)
The tide turns when Olaf stands up for a friend facing foreclosure, eventually leading the community to embrace Inge as one of their own. 🎬 Key Highlights Sweet Land (2005) - IMDb Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty,
Based on Will Weaver's short story, A Gravestone Made of Wheat Setting: Post-WWI rural Minnesota farm country Genre: Period Drama / Romance The film uses a non-linear narrative, beginning in
Still reeling from WWI, the local minister and neighbors harbor deep anti-German sentiment and shun the couple for living together out of wedlock.
The film uses a non-linear narrative, beginning in 1968 as an elderly Inge buries her husband, Olaf. It then flashes back to 1920 to recount their struggle to build a life together: