The Promised Land (2023)
- Feb 2, 2024
- 2 min read
R | 2hr 7min | 8/10 | Biography, History, Drama
Parental Rating: R (Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)
STORYLINE
The poor soldier Ludvig Kahlen arrives in 1755 on the barren Jutland heath with a single goal: to follow the king's call to cultivate the land and thereby achieve wealth and honor himself. But Kahlen quickly makes an enemy. The merciless landowner, Frederik De Schinkel, who is sole ruler of the area, believes that the heath belongs to him and not the king. When De Schinkel's serf runs away with his wife Ann Barbara and seeks refuge with Kahlen, the landowner does everything to drive Kahlen away and at the same time exact a cruel revenge. Kahlen does not bow, but stubbornly takes up the unequal battle and now risks both his life, but also the bond with the small, troubled family that has arisen around him on the heath.
CREDITS
Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
Written by:
- Nikolaj Arcel
- Anders Thomas Jensen
Starring:
- Mads Mikkelsen as Ludvig Kahlen
- Simon Bennebjerg as Frederik De Schinkel
- Amanda Collin as Ann Barbara
Produced by: Louise Vesth
Production Companies:
- Zentropa Entertainments
- Nordisk Film & TV Fond
- Sveriges Television
- TV2 Danmark
- Zentropa International Sweden
- Zentropa
Cinematography: Rasmus Videbæk
Edited by: Olivier Bugge Coutté
Music by: Dan Romer
Distributed by:
- Nordisk Film Distribution
- A/S (Denmark)
- Magnolia Pictures (USA)
Release date:
- September 02, 2023 (Telluride Film Festival)
- February 02, 2024 (Limited)
Run Time: 2hr 7min
Country:
- Denmark
- Germany
- Sweden
Languages:
- Danish
- German
Budget: $8.5 million (USD)
Box office: $478,975 (USD)
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