Mads Mikkelsen

Amanda Collin

Simon Bennebjerg

Kristine Kujath Thorp

Gustav Lindh

Jacob Ulrik Lohmann

Morten Hee Andersen

Magnus Krepper

Søren Malling

Morten Burian

Thomas W. Gabrielsson

Morten Buus

Olaf Højgaard

Melina Hagberg

Felix Kramer

Laura Bilgrau Eskild-Jensen

Anna Filippa Hjarne

Jiří Konvalinka

Martin Feifel

Lasse Steen Jensen

Nanna Finding Koppel

Michael Brostrup

Joen Højerslev

Patricie Šlaufová

Jan Jankovský

Josef Berousek

Ivo Hanel

Kristián Černík

Lise Risom Olsen

Nikol Kouklová

Hans Christian Lundgren

Arved Friese

Zdenek Brüna

Zdeněk Dvořáček

Martin Navrátil

Adam Pengsawang

Tomáš Tobola

Karel Heřmánek

Finn Nielsen

Nikolaj Arcel

Louise Vesth

Rasmus Videbæk

Dan Romer

Anders Thomas Jensen

Ida Harder

Hannibal Lang

Hans Christian Kock

Line Plougsbæk

Adrian Baumeister

Martin Langenbach

Jean-Marie Gilles

Alexander Schepelern

Claus Lynge

Sabine Schumann

Nina Strøm

Tanja Grunwald

Thomas Køhler

Anders Huulgaard

Henry Uhl

Fabian Gasmia

Lizette Jonjic

Johannes Krause

Tine Mikkelsen

Mouns Overgaard

Charlotte Buch

Katja Lebedjewa

Tereza Hrdličková

Charlotte Laustsen

Marianne Jul Hansen

Seth Turner

Kathrin Buhlan

Ivana Němcová

Růžena Novotná

Jessica Balac

Frantisek Weber

Sylke Schneider

Pauline Späte

Sofie Overgaard Stenholt

Anja Søgaard Christiansen

Markéta Turečková

Kristina Kornum

Manuela Halligan

Martina Pálková

Tilde Wolffbrandt

Kirsten Zäschke

Sofia Brandt

Malene Klitte Handberg

Per Kapper

Pavlína Farkásová

Pavel Muller

Klaus Spinnler

Matylda Petrova

Jesper Clausen

Charlotte Hertz

David Šesták

Anne Falkesgaard Hansen

Claudia Börsch

Kristin Rasch

Agnes Parkrud

Vibeke Henningsen

Sofia Korreborg

Radek Petr

Nikola Skucková

Lina Bach

Katharina Gapski

Kathrin Krückeberg

Kitty Kratschke

Rebekka Schwark

Tine Clasen

Brian Westfall

Cornelius Meckseper

Magnus Nyholm

Kasia Pol

Petr Průša

Martin Otepka

Lydia Wellbrock

Titus Kunze

Jan Kodera

Jakub Strangmüller

Marc Meusinger

Zuzana Bošková

Petr Marousek

Ondrej Svarc

Henning Jördens

Jan Menšík

Rasmus Balslev-Olesen

Filip Langenberger

Ulla Malmros

Peter Porta

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The Promised Land

based on novel or book

murder

priest

colonisation

soldier

king

18th century

farming

danish

danish history

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Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/the-promised-land-venice-film-festival-review-mads-mikkelsen-shines-once-again/

"The Promised Land is a profound character study of how personal ambitions and desires inevitably will fail without love, compassion, and everything else that makes us human.

Accompanied by somber cinematography and an atmospheric score, the cast delivers outstanding performances, especially Mads Mikkelsen who utilizes all his experience to drive the story with a magnetic display.

Heavy, predictable, and somewhat repetitive at times, but totally worth the ticket."

Rating: B+

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Mads Mikkelsen is in his element here as the determined pioneer Ludvig Kahlen. He has been a soldier in the Danish army and has now set his heart on cultivating some salty heathland on a barren Jutland. Fortunately for him, King Frederik V is keen to see this land settled and become more productive, so he is encouraged to go and farm there. His arrival ruffles the feathers of local grandee Frederik De Schinkel (Simon Bennebjerg) who considers the land to be his, and who makes it clear that he will make life awkward for his new neighbour. Relations are not helped when he takes in a pair of runaway servants - "Ann Barbara" (Amanda Collin) and husband "Johannes" (Morten Hee Andersen) and then falls for the man's aristocratic cousin Edel Helene (Kristine Kujath Thorp) to whom De Schinkel wishes to be married - cementing his place amongst a somewhat sceptical nobility. With the pot simmering along nicely now, things start to go missing. There's a pilferer about. Kahlen quickly discovers that it's a young girl who lives with the local Romany population and pretty quickly "Anmai Mus" (Melina Hagberg) is an extra mouth for them to feed. De Schinkel isn't averse to some underhand methods to thwart the would-be farmer and so resorts to increasingly violent, cruel, even murderous tactics that make the tasks of staying within the law and of growing potatoes almost impossible - but he doesn't quite appreciate the guile and ingenuity of Kahlen. This is a story of perseverance and determination, it's also a story of love and of acceptance. Indeed, for just about everyone here the goal is to find some roots, a place to call home, a family, maybe even an identity. There evolves a good chemistry between Mikkelsen, Collin and the convincing young Hagberg and Bennebjerg - well he gives the distinct impression that he doesn't come from the deepest of gene pools really quite effectively. It is prone to the odd meander at times, especially as it gets up an head of steam, but once in full flow this is quite a gripping adventure that marries the bleak and the optimistic whilst allowing Mikkelsen to do what he does best. Well worth watch.

I do love me a Mads Mikkelsen movie. 'The Promised Land' is a cracker!

The two hour run time whizzes by, you can kinda guess where the (great) story is heading but at no point was that a hindrance to my enjoyment. The cinematography is splendid, as are the locations, costumes and basically every other element really. Simon Bennebjerg shows plenty of acting knack as (De) Schinkel. Others to impress are Melina Hagberg and Amanda Collin, though the whole cast produce fine displays.

Mikkelsen himself puts in a performance of quality, very much the glue that holds everything together - as one would anticipate. He suits this sorta role to the absolute tee. This is up the top of my ranking of his filmography thus far, I'd in fact only rank it lower than 'A Royal Affair', 'Riders of Justice' and 'The Green Butchers'.

Harvest Clip [Subtitled]

Official Trailer [Subtitled]

TIFF 2023 - Q&A with Nikolaj Arcel, Amanda Collin & Louise Vesth

Q&A - AFI FEST 2023

The Promised Land( 2023)

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A review by Manuel São Bento

Written by Manuel São Bento on Tue Sep 05 2023

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