The Promised Land

2023 · 2h07 · Movie

Directed by Nikolaj Arcel

Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh, Jacob Lohmann, Morten Hee Andersen, Magnus Krepper, Søren Malling, Morten Burian

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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...?

Original title

Bastarden

Original language

Danish

Screenplay

Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen, Anders Huulgaard, Ida Jessen

Music

Dan Romer

Cinematography

Rasmus Videbæk, Christopher Aoun

Cast

Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh, Jacob Lohmann, Morten Hee Andersen, Magnus Krepper, Søren Malling, Morten Burian, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Morten Buus

Updated July 22, 2026

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