Release Date
February 2, 2024 (Limited)
Digital Date
February 23, 2024
DVD Release Date
April 30, 2024 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Nikolaj Arcel
Writer
Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Arcel
Cast
Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Gustav Lindh, Melina Hagberg
Studio
Running Time
127 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for bloody violence, language, some sexuality and brief nudity
In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) – a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero -- sets out to tame a vast, uninhabitable land on which seemingly nothing can grow. He seeks to start farming crops, build a colony in the name of the King, and gain a noble title for himself. This beautiful but forbidding area also happens to be under the rule of the merciless Frederik De Schinkel, a preening nobleman... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
The best part about a Danish drama that pits two men against each other for supremacy is that you get to have a villain by the name of De Schinkel, because I can’t possibly think of a better villain name than De Schinkel. The second best part: The Promised Land, which stars Mads Mikkelsen, is also a gripping and well made thriller.
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