The Promised Land

Title: Bastarden
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Cast: Simon Bennebjerg, Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin
Duration: 2h 7m
Country: Denmark
Year: 2023

In 1755, the impoverished captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer the harsh, uninhabitable Danish heath with a seemingly impossible goal: to build a colony in the name of the King. In exchange, he’ll receive a desperately desired Royal name for himself. But the sole ruler of the area, the merciless Frederik de Schinkel, arrogantly believes this land belongs to him. When De Schinkel learns that the maid Ann Barbara and her servant husband have escaped for refuge with Kahlen, the privileged and spiteful ruler swears revenge...