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The Promised Land

The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.

Director

Nikolaj Arcel

Year

Genre

action, biography, drama

Box Office

$257,749

Production

N/A

Awards

21 wins & 15 nominations

Ludvig Kahlen

Ann Barbara

Frederik De Schinkel

Simon Bennebjerg

Anmai Mus

Edel Helene

Kristine Kujath Thorp

Anton Eklund

Johannes Eriksen

Morten Hee Andersen

Bondo

Thomas W. Gabrielsson

Trappaud

Hector

Balzer

Preisler

Anmai Mus (15)

Laura Bilgrau Eskild-Jensen

Anne

Anna Filippa Hjarne

Kaspar

Hans Christian Lundgren

Colonist Claus

Paulli

Rømer

Jirí Konvalinka

Lauenfeldt

Prisoner 1

Prisoner 2

Zdenek Dvoracek

Prisoner 3

Martin Navrátil

Prisoner 4

Adam Pengsawang

Prisoner 5

Colonist Klein

Servant

Karel Hermánek

Uldrich

Lise

Estate Owner

Workman

Michael Brostrup

Coachman

Joen Højerslev

Kristel (Young Woman with Child)

Tater #1

Tater #2

Militærmand

Schinkel's Guard

Kristián Cerník

Kirstin

Lise Risom Olsen

Antonius' Girlfriend

Nikol Kouklová

Colonist

Ann Barbara

Uldrich

Zachary Allen-Thierry

Frederik De Schinkel

Balzer

Lauenfeldt

Johannes Eriksen

Edel Helene

Anne

Macy Anne Johnson

Trappaud

Additional Voices

Anthony Rodriguez

Hector

Lise

King of Denmark

Anton Eklund

Gypsy working for captain Kahlen at kings house

Rasmus Bøgsted Nielsen

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- Your Majesty. The carriage is waiting.
- Yes please. We'll drive when I'm ready. - The Promised Land

- Your Majesty. The carriage is waiting. - Yes please. We�...

Ludvig Kahlen, we are ready for you. - The Promised Land

Ludvig Kahlen, we are ready for you.

Captain Kahlen has returned home after
25 years of service in the German army. - The Promised Land

Captain Kahlen has returned home after 25 years of service i...

He is applying for permission to
to build on the Jutland heath. - The Promised Land

He is applying for permission to to build on the Jutland hea...

Nice, nice drawings, soldier.
It's just a waste of your time. - The Promised Land

Nice, nice drawings, soldier. It's just a waste of your...

- The heath cannot be cultivated.
- All land can be cultivated. - The Promised Land

- The heath cannot be cultivated. - All land can be cultivat...

A third of the kingdom lies
deserted. It's a blemish. - The Promised Land

A third of the kingdom lies deserted. It's a blemish.

I can subdue the earth. I can
build the first colony on the heath. - The Promised Land

I can subdue the earth. I can build the first colony on the ...

This is nothing but heather
and stones and sand. Nothing can grow there. - The Promised Land

This is nothing but heather and stones and sand. Nothing can...

It has been proven time and time again
of better men than you. - The Promised Land

It has been proven time and time again of better men than yo...

With all due respect, I would like to ask for
to represent the king himself. - The Promised Land

With all due respect, I would like to ask for to represent t...

Yes of course. Is anybody there
is nice to call on His Majesty? - The Promised Land

Yes of course. Is anybody there is nice to call on His Majes...

We don't waste any more of the state's
money to cultivate the heath. - The Promised Land

We don't waste any more of the state's money to cu...

Especially not on a conceited soldier
in a shabby uniform. Get him out. - The Promised Land

Especially not on a conceited soldier in a shabby uniform. G...

I'm not asking you for a penny.
I finance it myself. - The Promised Land

I'm not asking you for a penny. I finance it myself.

- How?
- I have my captain's pension. - The Promised Land

- How? - I have my captain's pension.

Let's say you succeed
to build a colony. - The Promised Land

Let's say you succeed to build a colony.

What do you think should be the reward
for your generous offer? - The Promised Land

What do you think should be the reward for your generous off...

A noble title with associated estates
and servants. - The Promised Land

A noble title with associated estates and servants.

Would you like to wait outside please? - The Promised Land

Would you like to wait outside please?

He is nobody. His mother was
maid in a manor house. - The Promised Land

He is nobody. His mother was maid in a manor house.

He became a seaman,
until he joined the German army. - The Promised Land

He became a seaman, until he joined the German army.

He managed to stay
captain despite his low status. - The Promised Land

He managed to stay captain despite his low status.

- His demands are crazy.
- The requirements don't matter. - The Promised Land

- His demands are crazy. - The requirements don't matte...

We could promise him to be emperor.
There is no one who can cultivate that land. - The Promised Land

We could promise him to be emperor. There is no one who can ...

But as long as he's out there,
then we can say to His Majesty, - - The Promised Land

But as long as he's out there, then we can say to His M...

(door opens) - The Promised Land

A little telmaj for a poor man
little dill all alone in the forest. - The Promised Land

A little telmaj for a poor man little dill all alone in the ...

What a fine bings you are.
You must have lots of money. - The Promised Land

What a fine bings you are. You must have lots of money.

Why the hell did you choose
to build a house right in my county? - The Promised Land

Why the hell did you choose to build a house right in my cou...

- What's in the boxes?
- I wanted to know that too. - The Promised Land

- What's in the boxes? - I wanted to know that too.

I do not understand
all that secrecy. - The Promised Land

I do not understand all that secrecy.

I need more than that if
The house must be ready before autumn. - The Promised Land

I need more than that if The house must be ready before autu...

No enterprising men want out
to kill himself out on the heath. - The Promised Land

No enterprising men want out to kill himself out on the heat...

I need three times as many.
Then you have to find them in the neighboring towns. - The Promised Land

I need three times as many. Then you have to find them in th...

I have buttock boils the size of
swan eggs. They do not thrive on the road. - The Promised Land

I have buttock boils the size of swan eggs. They do not thri...

In addition, the forests are teeming with outlaws.
Before I forget. Five Riksdaler. - The Promised Land

In addition, the forests are teeming with outlaws. Before I ...

As county commissioner, I must be compensated for
my toil in getting everything on the list. - The Promised Land

As county commissioner, I must be compensated for my toil in...

Plus horses to transport
all that shit to the world's arsehole. - The Promised Land

Plus horses to transport all that shit to the world's a...

I have the solution
on your problem with manpower. - The Promised Land

I have the solution on your problem with manpower.

You have no idea how happy I am,
that you have chosen our parish. - The Promised Land

You have no idea how happy I am, that you have chosen our pa...

It is high time
that God's light shines on the heath. - The Promised Land

It is high time that God's light shines on the heath.

Come on. I think,
I have found a home for you. - The Promised Land

Come on. I think, I have found a home for you.

Johannes Eriksen, an experienced farmer,
and his wife, Ann Barbara. - The Promised Land

Johannes Eriksen, an experienced farmer, and his wife, Ann B...

It is illegal
to hire refugees. - The Promised Land

It is illegal to hire refugees.

They have fled from a brutal master. - The Promised Land

They have fled from a brutal master.

Eriksen can work hard, and Ann
Barbara is a skilled housekeeper. - The Promised Land

Eriksen can work hard, and Ann Barbara is a skilled housekee...

We can work for half time, sir. - The Promised Land

We can work for half time, sir.

We only ask for our own chamber, so Ann
Barbara should not sleep with the men. - The Promised Land

We only ask for our own chamber, so Ann Barbara should not s...

A chamber,
two meals a day, no salary. - The Promised Land

A chamber, two meals a day, no salary.

You won't get a better opportunity
in your situation. - The Promised Land

You won't get a better opportunity in your situation.

I get visits from important people
men when the house is finished. - The Promised Land

I get visits from important people men when the house is fin...

I expect,
it is held to a high standard. - The Promised Land

I expect, it is held to a high standard.

It will be OK. They never will
looking for you on the heath. - The Promised Land

It will be OK. They never will looking for you on the heath.

Well, Bondo. I stand here as someone else
idiot and wasting the best season. - The Promised Land

Well, Bondo. I stand here as someone else idiot and wasting ...

Bear portraits are high fashion
i whole Nordeurope, mr. de Schinkel. - The Promised Land

Bear portraits are high fashion i whole Nordeurope, mr. de S...

- Where is my cousin?
- She is out lunging her horse. - The Promised Land

- Where is my cousin? - She is out lunging her horse.

She does nothing but
to run around with the damn horse. - The Promised Land

She does nothing but to run around with the damn horse.

There is a Captain Kahlen who is
in the process of building a house on the moor. - The Promised Land

There is a Captain Kahlen who is in the process of building ...

"King's House" he calls it. - The Promised Land

"King's House" he calls it.

You said no
more crazies would come. - The Promised Land

You said no more crazies would come.

That it was a matter of time,
before we could buy it all. - The Promised Land

That it was a matter of time, before we could buy it all.

- Bald ones?
- Yes. Ludwig Kahlen. - The Promised Land

- Bald ones? - Yes. Ludwig Kahlen.

- Find out who he is.
- Of course. - The Promised Land

- Find out who he is. - Of course.

I have had better stowage in the army. - The Promised Land

I have had better stowage in the army.

If you had bought a cow,
had we had thicker milk. - The Promised Land

If you had bought a cow, had we had thicker milk.

If I have to keep the house,
do i need a cow - The Promised Land

If I have to keep the house, do i need a cow

If a cow was needed,
had there been a cow. - The Promised Land

If a cow was needed, had there been a cow.

Everything must be in neat, small rows. - The Promised Land

Everything must be in neat, small rows.

The floor must be dust-free, the food
lie perfectly in the middle of the plate. - The Promised Land

The floor must be dust-free, the food lie perfectly in the m...

He behaves
like a fine gentleman, - - The Promised Land

He behaves like a fine gentleman, -

- He's strange.
- The priest says we can trust him. - The Promised Land

- He's strange. - The priest says we can trust him.

We can't trust anyone. - The Promised Land

We can't trust anyone.

We will never get away from here without Iøn. - The Promised Land

We will never get away from here without Iøn.

We stay here just one season. Just
until they are not looking for us anymore. - The Promised Land

We stay here just one season. Just until they are not lookin...

Then we head towards the coast.
I want to see the sea. - The Promised Land

Then we head towards the coast. I want to see the sea.

Out to our strange gentleman.
He shouldn't go out there alone. - The Promised Land

Out to our strange gentleman. He shouldn't go out there...

- They will need marl.
- We collect clay out by the sea. - The Promised Land

- They will need marl. - We collect clay out by the sea.

It takes at least half a year,
before anything can be cultivated. - The Promised Land

It takes at least half a year, before anything can be cultiv...

May I ask,
what are you planning to grow? - The Promised Land

May I ask, what are you planning to grow?

Thanks for the damn hen, bings! - The Promised Land

Thanks for the damn hen, bings!

Now all outlaws know,
that they can just come here and steal. - The Promised Land

Now all outlaws know, that they can just come here and steal...

You must not get too close
the kind of. The devil watches over them. - The Promised Land

You must not get too close the kind of. The devil watches ov...

- You saw for yourself how dark she was.
- Shut up. She is a beggar child. - The Promised Land

- You saw for yourself how dark she was. - Shut up. She is a...

They pick them up south.
Next time you stop her. - The Promised Land

They pick them up south. Next time you stop her.

We shall have no curse
on us. You can stop her yourself. - The Promised Land

We shall have no curse on us. You can stop her yourself.

Pack your things. You are done here. - The Promised Land

Pack your things. You are done here.

(bell rings) - The Promised Land

You can already feel life out here. - The Promised Land

You can already feel life out here.

Johannes. Isn't that Preisler? - The Promised Land

Johannes. Isn't that Preisler?

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The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.

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Director: Nikolaj Arcel

Writer: Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen, Ida Jessen

Production: N/A

Genre: action, biography, drama

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: $257,749

Released: 05 Oct 2023

Awards: 21 wins & 15 nominations

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