The Promised Land

7.8

Denmark

History Drama

127 min

2023

Martin Feifel Finn Nielsen Karel Heřmánek Adam Pengsawang Zdeněk Dvořáček Arved Friese Nikol Kouklová Lise Risom Olsen Kristián Černík Jan Jankovský Patricie Šlaufová Joen Højerslev Michael Brostrup Nanna Finding Koppel Lasse Steen Jensen Mads Mikkelsen Jiří Konvalinka Felix Kramer Olaf Højgaard Morten Buus Thomas W. Gabrielsson Morten Burian Søren Malling Magnus Krepper Morten Hee Andersen Jacob Ulrik Lohmann Gustav Lindh Kristine Kujath Thorp Simon Bennebjerg Amanda Collin

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...?