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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.
The Promised Land: Directed by Nikolaj Arcel. With Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Melina Hagberg. The story of Danish soldier and explorer Ludvig Kahlen, who explored and cultivated Denmark's wild Jutland, which now comprises the vast majority of the country, in the mid-18th century.
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- Action, Biography, Drama
- Nikolaj Arcel
- 2023-10-05
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.
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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- Nikolaj Arcel
- R
- Mads Mikkelsen
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.
Info. “Notwithstanding the occasional periwig, it resembles those epic oaters once directed by the likes of John Ford or Anthony Mann, with bursts of violence that are closer to Sam Peckinpah.”. ★★★★★ Johnathan Romney, Financial Times.
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The Promised Land is a 2023 epic historical drama film directed by Nikolaj Arcel and written by Arcel and Anders Thomas Jensen. Based on the 2020 book The Captain and Ann Barbara by Ida Jessen, the film is a joint Danish-German-Swedish co-production starring Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin and Simon Bennebjerg, and with Kristine Kujath Thorp ...
