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The Promised Land (2023)

Directed by Nikolaj Arcel · Cinematography by Rasmus Videbæk

R127 min60 frames

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A captain’s ambition, a ruthless rival, and a land that defies them both.

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The Promised Land (2023) movie still: medium — A vast, grassy landscape under an overcast sky features a distant horse. A man kneels in the dry…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: closeup — A stone hallway with rounded arches and vertical window openings. A man in a period-accurate coat…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: establishing — An expansive, flat moorland covered in patches of low-lying heather and sparse, stunted shrubs.…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: wide — A man rides a horse across a vast, desolate open field during golden hour. The landscape is covered in…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: wide — A dark, rustic interior space features exposed wooden beams and an earthen floor surface. An elderly…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: medium — A rustic building constructed of rough bricks and wooden timber frames stands behind them. A woman…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: medium — Two individuals stand in front of a dark timber-framed structure at night. The woman holds a lantern…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: closeup — A dark, sparsely furnished interior with muted, cool-toned light filtering through a side window. A…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: medium — An 18th-century style museum exhibit features taxidermy animals among bare branches. A man in a…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: wide — A vast field of green potato plants stretches towards a small, thatched-roof wooden cottage. A lone man…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: establishing — Two wooden structures stand in an expansive, flat, snow-covered landscape under a morning fog.…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: medium — A dimly lit 19th-century dining table with a spread of food and grapes. A man sits at the head of the…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: medium — A man and a woman stand close to each other beside a dark lake. They are silhouetted against the dim,…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: fullbody — A dark brick barn entrance frames a wide view of a desolate, grassy field. Two men stand in…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room at night features a window centered behind a young woman. The subject stands facing…The Promised Land (2023) movie still: establishing — A vast, grassy landscape with rolling hills, a large lake, and dense woodland. A dirt path…
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What is The Promised Land about?

Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?

The Promised Land is a 2023 epic historical drama film directed by Nikolaj Arcel and written by Arcel and Anders Thomas Jensen. Based on the 2020 book The Captain and Ann Barbara by Ida Jessen, the film is a joint Danish-German-Swedish co-production starring Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin and Simon Bennebjerg, and with Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh, Jakob Lohmann, Morten Hee Andersen, Magnus Krepper and Felix Kramer in supporting roles.

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Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of The Promised Land leans on medium shots (40% of the sample) and wide compositions (28%). Cinematographer Rasmus Videbæk keeps 55% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 60% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1800s.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Promised Land (2023) are #313029, #55544a, #4c4536, #161511, #adab94, #90948c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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