The Promised Land

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

Keywords

  • European Film Awards
  • La Biennale di Venezia !
  • Mads Mikkelsen
  • Mostra: The best from the previous years
  • Nordic Films
  • Sooner team's favourite movies of 2024
  • biopic
  • costume film
  • history

Actors

  • Mads Mikkelsen
  • Amanda Collin
  • Simon Bennebjerg
  • Kristine Kujath Thorp
  • Gustav Lindh

Director

  • Nikolaj Arcel

Drama

2h 7min

-16

DA

FR

NL

Denmark
Germany
Norway
Sweden
2023
Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?


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