The Promised Land
Bastarden
“ A captain’s ambition, a ruthless rival, and a land that defies them both. ”
CINEMA2023-10-05
DIGITAL2024-05-16
RegionDK / DE
Runtime127 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
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 ende
DIRECTOR / Director
Nikolaj Arcel
KEYWORDS
based on novel or bookmurderpriestcolonisationsoldierking18th centuryfarmingdanishdanish historyex militaryhistorical dramashockingaggressivehopelesslandownerfuriousviolenceantagonisticpessimistic
