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  1. Plot. In 1755, Captain Ludvig Kahlen, an impoverished Danish officer of humble birth, retires after 25 years of service in the German Army with a measly pension. He obtains permission from the Royal Danish Court to build a property on the barren Jutland moorland for land cultivation.

  2. Jan 31, 2024 · For Arcel, The Promised Land not only marks a return to European filmmaking — following a brief foray into Hollywood to direct 2017's The Dark Tower — but reunites him with fellow countryman Mikkelsen.

  3. Feb 13, 2024 · The Promised Land: potato farming turns bloody in this bold 18th-century Danish epic. Mads Mikkelsen makes a convincing bid for the A-list as a retired Danish soldier who dreams of becoming Europe’s first ever potato magnate in Nikolaj Arcel's stately period piece.

  4. Sep 1, 2023 · A brutal landowner who works his servants like animals and rapes any maid of his choosing, De Schinkel takes advantage of the remoteness from Copenhagen to disregard the monarchy and claim the...

  5. THE PROMISED LAND. Mads Mikkelsen brings his seemingly effortless charisma and intensity to bear in this engrossing historical drama which reunites him with director Nikolaj Arcel, with whom he worked on 2012’s A Royal Affair. Mikkelsen portrays the real life figure of Captain Ludvig.

  6. 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.

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  8. Jun 21, 2024 · A Danish David and Goliath story starring Mads Mikkelsen, The Promised Land proves fertile in the momentum of its historical yarn. Luke Buckmaster reckons growing potatoes has never been so “forcefully entertaining”.

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