The Promised Land
Retired captain Ludvig Kahlen fights to settle on and cultivate an uninhabitable heathland on the remote Jutland peninsula in the name of the king.
Denmark, 1755. Retired army captain Ludvig Kahlen battles the elements, the prejudice of naysayers and the hostility of the local nobility when he resolves to settle on the remote peninsula of Jutland and cultivate its uninhabitable heathland, from which many have failed to yield crops for centuries.
Having obtained official backing from the king, Kahlen is promised a noble title if he should succeed. With no allies other than a young priest, no money other than his meagre army pension and no workers to toil the unforgiving land, Kahlen sets out on his seemingly impossible project regardless.
From Bafta-nominated writer and director Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) comes a powerful Nordic epic starring Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt, Another Round).
In Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and German, with English subtitles.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Ludvig Kahlen | Mads Mikkelsen |
Anton Eklund | Gustav Lindh |
Bondo | Thomas W Gabrielsson |
Trappaud | Jacob Lohmann |
Anmai Mus (15) | Laura Bilgrau Eskild-Jensen |
Frederik de Schikel | Simon Bennebjerg |
Anmai Mus | Melina Hagberg |
Edel Helene | Kristine Kujath Thorp |
Johannes Eriksen | Morten Hee Andersen |
Ann Barbara | Amanda Collin |
Director | Nikolaj Arcel |
Writer | Nikolaj Arcel |
Writer | Ida Jessen |
Writer | Anders Thomas Jensen |
Broadcast
- Sat 24 Aug 2024 21:00
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