The Promised Land is a 2024 period drama directed by Nikolaj Arcel, from a screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen and Arcel.
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 who realizes the threat Kahlen represents to his power.
The cast includes Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Gustav Lindh, and Melina Hagberg.
The Promised Land is set to debut in theaters February 2nd, courtesy of Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing. Watch the official trailer below.