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  1. Jan 31, 2024 · "I have a deep-seated love for epic movies," effuses Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel.With The Promised Land, he has finally made a true historical epic of his own.. Based on The Captain and Ann Barbara by Danish novelist Ida Jessen, the 18th-century Nordic drama follows a war veteran, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen), who sets out to become the first man to cultivate Denmark's notoriously ...

  2. The Promised Land (Danish: Bastarden, IPA: [pæˈstɑˀtn̩, pæˈstɑˀn], lit. ' The bastard ') is a 2023 epic historical drama film directed by Nikolaj Arcel and written by Arcel and Anders Thomas Jensen. [5]

  3. In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) – a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero -- sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. He seeks to start farming crops, build a colony in the name of the King, and gain a noble title for himself.

  4. Sep 18, 2023 · Six years later, Arcel returns to his home country and reunites with A Royal Affair star Mads Mikkelsen to make The Promised Land, a brutal, entertaining period piece and another showcase for Mikkelsen’s stone-faced magnetism.

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  5. Dec 14, 2023 · Six years later, Arcel returns to his home country and reunites with A Royal Affair star Mads Mikkelsen to make The Promised Land, a brutal, entertaining period piece and another showcase for Mikkelsen’s stone-faced magnetism.” See the trailer below.

  6. Sep 1, 2023 · Mads Mikkelsen reunites with his 'A Royal Affair' director Nikolaj Arcel on 'The Promised Land,' a historical epic that plays like a Nordic Western.

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  8. Feb 24, 2024 · The historical epic drama ‘The Promised Land’ introduces us to Ludvig Kahlen, a retired soldier with a burning ambition in his heart. He seeks to cultivate the Jutland heath, a barren and inhospitable landscape, hoping to gain a title and wealth for the monumental achievement.

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