“The Promised Land” quotes

Plot – The Promised Land (Danish: Bastarden) is a 2023 epic historical drama film based on the book The Captain and Ann Barbara by Ida Jessen. Set in 1755 the movie tells the story of the poor soldier Ludvig Kahlen who arrives on the barren Jutland heath with a single goal: to follow the king's call to cultivate the land and thereby achieve wealth and honor himself. But the merciless landowner, Frederik De Schinkel, who is sole ruler of the area, believes that the heath belongs to him and not the king so he does everything to drive Kahlen away and at the same time plans a cruel revenge. Kahlen does not bow, but stubbornly takes up the unequal battle and now risks his life to pursue his dream.