Home
The Promised Land main backdrop
The Promised Land main poster

The Promised Land

Visit website

7.7/10 • 409

2023-10-05 • 2h 7m

ActionDramaHistory

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...?

Directors
Nikolaj Arcel
Writters
Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen
Editors
Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen, Olivier Bugge Coutté

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Mads Mikkelsen

    Mads Mikkelsen

    Ludvig Kahlen

  2. Amanda Collin

    Amanda Collin

    Ann Barbara

  3. Simon Bennebjerg

    Simon Bennebjerg

    Frederik de Schinkel

  4. Kristine Kujath Thorp

    Kristine Kujath Thorp

    Edel Helene

  5. Gustav Lindh

    Gustav Lindh

    Anton Eklund

  6. Jacob Ulrik Lohmann

    Jacob Ulrik Lohmann

    Trappaud

  7. Morten Hee Andersen

    Morten Hee Andersen

    Johannes Eriksen

  8. Magnus Krepper

    Magnus Krepper

    Hector

  9. Søren Malling

    Søren Malling

    Paulli

Reviews3

View Reviews
Manuel São Bento Avatar

Manuel São Bento

Sep 5, 2023

7/10

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/the-promised-land-venice-film-festival-review-mads-mikkelsen-shines-once-again/ "The Promised Land is a profound character study of how personal ambitions and desires inevitably will fail without love, compassion, and everything else that makes us human. Accompanied by somber cinematography and an atmospheric score, the cast delivers outstanding performances, especially Mads Mikkelsen who utilizes all his experience to drive the story with a magnetic display. Heavy, predictable, and somewhat repetitive at times, but totally worth the ticket." Rating: B+

Media

  • The Promised Land poster
  • The Promised Land poster
  • The Promised Land poster
  • The Promised Land poster
  • The Promised Land poster
  • The Promised Land poster
  • The Promised Land poster
  • The Promised Land poster
  • The Promised Land poster

Recommendations

  • We Were Children main backdrop

    We Were Children

    6.4

  • Last and First Men main backdrop

    Last and First Men

    6.4

  • Witness Protection main backdrop

    Witness Protection

    6.4

  • In the Shadow of the Moon main backdrop

    In the Shadow of the Moon

    7.5

  • The Memory of a Killer main backdrop

    The Memory of a Killer

    6.8

  • Ginger and Fred main backdrop

    Ginger and Fred

    6.9

  • Fat Man and Little Boy main backdrop

    Fat Man and Little Boy

    6.2

  • Leave No Traces main backdrop

    Leave No Traces

    6.9

  • The Movie Teller main backdrop

    The Movie Teller

    6.5

  • Hambre main backdrop

    Hambre

    6.8

  • Songs of Earth main backdrop

    Songs of Earth

    6.8

  • Ghost Town main backdrop

    Ghost Town

    6.4

  • Dynamite Warrior main backdrop

    Dynamite Warrior

    6.3

  • Article 370 main backdrop

    Article 370

    6.6

  • First Case main backdrop

    First Case

    4.8

  • Tous fondus de cuisine savoyarde ! main backdrop

    Tous fondus de cuisine savoyarde !

    8.0

  • Snotty Boy main backdrop

    Snotty Boy

    6.7

  • Zmowa main backdrop

    Zmowa

    7.5

  • The Little Apocalypse main backdrop

    The Little Apocalypse

    5.4

  • Kanal main backdrop

    Kanal

    5.9

Status
Released
Original Language
Danish
Budget
$8,500,000.00
Revenue
$2,119,043.00
Keywords
based on novel or bookmurderpriestcolonisationsoldierking18th centuryfarmingdanishdanish historyex militaryhistorical dramashockingaggressivehopelesslandowner1750shistoryfuriousviolencetensedepressingantagonisticpessimistic