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Feb 1, 2024 · The Danish drama “The Promised Land” takes its old-fashioned remit with enjoyable seriousness. Set in the mid-18th century, it is a classic tale of haves and have-nots filled with gristle and...
Dec 5, 2023 · The most gripping film about potato farming since The Martian, this Danish period epic has Mads Mikkelsen on imperious form as a former soldier on an impossible mission to cultivate the bleak and...
- Nikolaj Arcel
Feb 2, 2024 · The Promised Land. Drama. 127 minutes ‧ 2024. Sheila O'Malley. February 2, 2024. 4 min read. “The Promised Land” is about ten movies in one. It’s a history lesson with a central figure driven by an impossible quest. There are bands of outlaws, sadistic aristocrats, and downtrodden peasants.
Sep 1, 2023 · ‘The Promised Land’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Smolders Magnificently in Nikolaj Arcel’s Gripping Historical Epic. The Danish director and star of the Oscar-nominated 'A Royal Affair' reteam...
Feb 3, 2024 · Pros. Mads Mikkelsen's quietly captivating lead performance. Rasmus Videbæk's visually rich cinematography. Nikolaj Arcel's sturdy, unobtrusive direction. Cons. An ending that doesn't...
- Nikolaj Arcel
- Alex Welch
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.
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Feb 1, 2024 · Directed by Nikolaj Arcel from a screenplay co-written by the prolific Anders Thomas Jensen, the film casts Mikkelsen as real-life 18-century war veteran Ludvig Kahlen, a proud man of humble origins who hopes to establish the first viable homestead in Denmark’s Jutland heath.
