Los Angeles Times

In Denmark’s ‘The Promised Land,’ the virtues of an old-school western still blaze

Nikolaj Arcel’s “The Promised Land” is aptly titled. Adapted from the 2020 novel “The Captain and Ann Barbara,” by Ida Jessen, the land itself — the untamed heath of Jutland, the peninsula that makes ...
NPR

'The Promised Land' is a western that follows a retired Danish officer in 1755

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel about his latest movie, "The Promised Land," a historical drama set in the Jutland peninsula. The new film "The Promised Land" may have the ...
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'The Promised Land' Review - Mads Mikkelsen Commands This Danish Western

Mads Mikkelsen delivers a magnificent performance that brings life to a grim historical epic set in a familiarly harsh world. The film explores the flaws and complexities of its real-life protagonist, ...