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Jun 20, 2024 · The Danish actor is back on wide-screen home turf in The Promised Land, an 18th-century Nordic epic that's ripe with villainy and violence; romance and redemption.
- Luke Goodsell
Jun 19, 2024 · The director of A Royal Affair helms a stoic western, one that sees Mads Mikkelsen try to tame the inhospitable 18th century Danish moorlands. The Promised Land may share a star, country, and (roughly) a time period, but is a very different beast, says Steve Newall.
Jun 24, 2024 · A Danish veteran back from war with Germany in the mid-18 th century is on a mission to tame the brutal Jutland heath by turning it into fertile land. The idea is a pet project of the Danish king; when the soldier, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) offers to fund the project from his war pension, officials cynically agree.
Jun 21, 2024 · The film wears the skin of a more traditional Western – one where a man fights for his dignity in an untamed land and finds himself in the hands of frontier justice metered out by a merciless moneyed landowner.
Jun 20, 2024 · A tale that emulates the classic Western formula through a Nordic lens, The Promised Land follows former soldier turned settler Captain Ludvig von Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) as he attempts to cultivate the untameable Jutland heaths.
Jun 20, 2024 · The Promised Land sheds light on a dark but important part of Denmark’s history. It is a superbly made film that is boasted by powerful performances and the strength of Mikkelsen’s screen presence.
Jun 25, 2024 · The Promised Land is masterfully produced and beautifully filmed, a sweeping tale of one man’s attempts to overcome the inhumane injustices and unlawfulness of a psychotic lunatic, who was inconceivably supported by several followers – incredibly men of nobility.
