Story Line
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...?
“A captain’s ambition, a ruthless rival, and a land that defies them both.”
Top Cast
Mads Mikkelsen
Ludvig Kahlen
Amanda Collin
Ann Barbara
Simon Bennebjerg
Frederik de Schinkel
Kristine Kujath Thorp
Edel Helene
Gustav Lindh
Anton Eklund
Jacob Lohmann
Trappaud
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Rating
7.7/ 10
Release Date
2023-10-05
Runtime
2h 7m
Genres
ActionDramaHistory
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User Reviews (3)
Manuel São Bento
7/10
•9/5/2023FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/the-promised-land-venice-film-festival-review-mads-mikkelsen-shines-once-again/
"The Promised Land is a profound character study of how personal ambitions and desires inevitably will fail without l...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•3/7/2024Mads Mikkelsen is in his element here as the determined pioneer Ludvig Kahlen. He has been a soldier in the Danish army and has now set his heart on cultivating some salty heathland on a barren Jutland. Fortunately for him, King Frederik V is keen to...
r96sk
9/10
•9/11/2024I do love me a Mads Mikkelsen movie. <em>'The Promised Land'</em> is a cracker!
The two hour run time whizzes by, you can kinda guess where the (great) story is heading but at no point was that a hindrance to my enjoyment. The cinematography is sp...