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The Promised Land

Bastarden

20232h 7mAction · Drama · History
directed by Nikolaj Arcel

“A captain’s ambition, a ruthless rival, and a land that defies them both.”

7.6 / 10 Compare with…25 stills

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7.6 / 10
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7.7 / 10
597 votes
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7.7 / 10
39,591 votes
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77 / 100
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97%

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Synopsis

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...?

Cast

Mads Mikkelsen·Ludvig Kahlen
Amanda Collin·Ann Barbara
Simon Bennebjerg·Frederik de Schinkel
Kristine Kujath Thorp·Edel Helene
Gustav Lindh·Anton Eklund
Jacob Lohmann·Trappaud
Morten Hee Andersen·Johannes Eriksen
Magnus Krepper·Hector
Søren Malling·Paulli
Morten Burian·Lauenfeldt

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