The Promised Land
A captain’s ambition, a ruthless rival, and a land that defies them both.
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel
Produced by Zentropa International Berlin, Zentropa International Sweden
A grim historical drama of ambition and power struggle in 18th-century Denmark, where a soldier's dream of conquest collides with entrenched cruelty and the indifference of nature.
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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