Guy Pearce stars as a British preacher in Lee Tamahori's The Convert
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Guy Pearce stars as a British preacher caught up in 1830s Māori wars in The Convert, a sweeping historical drama. Pioneering, legendary New Zealand director Lee Tamahori (Once Were Warriors) joins us. In 18th-century Denmark, an impoverished war hero played by Mads Mikkelsen sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land. Nikolaj Arcel, director of the very good The Promised Land, is our guest. CREDITS Presenter, Jason Di Rosso Producer, Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Emrys Cronin Executive producer, Rhiannon Brown
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