The Promised Land

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“The kind of ravishing, rousing epic we don’t really get much of anymore.” —Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture

In 1755, poor soldier Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) arrives on the barren Jutland moors with a single goal: to follow the king’s call to cultivate the land and gain wealth and honor for himself. However, ruthless landowner Frederik De Schinkel (Simon Bennebjerg) believes the moor belongs to him.

127 minutes; German with English subtitles


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