Mads Mikkelsen Fights Back in ‘The Promised Land’ Official US Trailer
by Alex Billington
December 14, 2023
Source: YouTube
“We’re not dying for your damn heath project.” Magnolia Pictures has debuted the main US trailer for The Promised Land, now set for February 2024 after being submitted by Denmark to the Oscars for 2023. The latest feature from Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel (Truth About Men, A Royal Affair, The Dark Tower) premiered in the Main Competition at this year’s 2023 Venice Film Festival. The film is set in the late 1700s and is a tale of royalty and servants. It tells the story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth & honor. Mads Mikkelsen stars, along with Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, and Gustav Lindh. Arcel’s intro: “Aided by Ida Jessen’s brilliant novel, Anders Thomas Jensen and I wanted to tell a grand, epic tale about how our ambitions and desires will inevitably fail if they are all we have. Life is chaos; painful and unpleasant, beautiful and extraordinary, and we often cannot control it. As the saying goes, ‘We make plans and God laughs.'” It’s a harrowing tale of human brutality and tenacity, a story of greed playing against hard-work. Mikkelsen is fantastic, as always.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Nikolaj Arcel’s The Promised Land, from Magnolia’s YouTube:
You can rewatch the original festival trailer for Arcel’s The Promised Land right here, to view more footage.
Via Venice: “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 the maid Ann Barbara and her servant husband have escaped for refuge with Kahlen, the privileged, spiteful ruler swears revenge, doing everything in his power to drive the captain away. Kahlen will not be intimidated and engages in an unequal battle — risking not only his life, but also that of the family of outsiders that formed around him.”
The Promised Land, also known as Bastarden originally in Danish, is directed by acclaimed Danish writer / filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel, director of the films King’s Game, Island of Lost Souls, Truth About Men, A Royal Affair, and the 2017 The Dark Tower movie previously. The screenplay is by Nikolaj Arcel and Anders Thomas Jensen (Adam’s Apples, The Duchess, Love Is All You Need, All for Two, The Salvation, Men & Chicken, War Below Zero, Riders of Justice). Produced by Louise Vesth and Zentropa Productions. This intiially premiered at the 2023 Venice Film Festival in the Main Competition section. Magnolia Pictures will debut The Promised Land in select US theaters starting February 2nd, 2024. Visit the film’s official site.
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