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The Promised Land
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- 2023
- Nikolaj Arcel
- 127 mins
- 15
Summary
Historical drama starring Mads Mikkelsen. In 18th-century Denmark, retired army captain Ludvig Kahlen has embarked on a new life as a farmer. Determined to cultivate a bleak, inhospitable area of Jutland, Kahlen hopes to impress the King with his efforts and improve his own social standing - but his plans may be scuppered by a local landowner with other ideas.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Jayne Nelson
In 18th-century Denmark, a successful potato harvest is everything to Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen). The bastard son of a nobleman, he is determined to farm a patch of windswept heathland, earn the king's favour and become a nobleman himself. Kahlen assembles a ragtag collection of workers to help, which includes his housemaid Ann Barbara (Amanda Collin), who is on the run with her husband from cruel landowner Frederik de Schinkel (Simon Bennebjerg). With Kahlen's potential success threatening de Schinkel's position, the two men become sworn enemies. Mikkelsen is magnificent as the closed-off farmer who suffers setback after setback, and whose stony face gives away very little. De Schinkel alone fails to convince - the consequences of his schemes are genuinely gut-wrenching, but his panto-villain behaviour is predictable. Still, the film's chilly, relentlessly bleak visuals perfectly capture Kahlen's pain.
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rolenameLudvig KahlenMads MikkelsenFrederik De SchinkelSimon BennebjergAnn BarbaraAmanda CollinEdelKristine Kujath ThorpAnmai MusHagberg MelinaAnton EklundGustav LindhJohannesMorten Hee AndersenPaulliSoren Malling
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rolenameDirectorNikolaj Arcel
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2024-02-16
Languages
German | Norwegian | Swedish | Danish
Guidance
Violence, swearing, sex scenes
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