The Promised Land
My review
Powerful film with simple elements that are executed wonderfully. Mads gives a fantastic performance, as do almost the whole cast, all glued together with restrained but sharp dialogue.
Plot overview
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...?
Director
Nikolaj Arcel
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