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The Promised Land
A captain’s ambition, a ruthless rival, and a land that defies them both.
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...?
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Synopsis
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...?
More about The Promised Land
Cast
Mads MikkelsenLudvig Kahlen
Amanda CollinAnn Barbara
Simon BennebjergFrederik de Schinkel
Kristine Kujath ThorpEdel Helene
Gustav LindhAnton Eklund
Jacob LohmannTrappaud
Morten Hee AndersenJohannes Eriksen
Magnus KrepperHectorCredits
- Directed by
- Nikolaj Arcel
- Written by
- Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel, Ida Jessen
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Danish
- Original title
- Bastarden
- Budget
- $8.5M
- Box office
- $2.2M
Production
- Zentropa International BerlinGermany
Zentropa International SwedenSweden
Zentropa EntertainmentsDenmark
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