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THE BASTARD

BASTARDEN

By Nikolaj ARCEL

MÉTROPOLE FILMS DISTRIBUTION - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, CANADA

Action/Adventure - Post-Production 2023

The story of Captain Ludvig Kahlen, a 17th century soldier who sets out on an impossible mission: to clear and cultivate the wild Jutland heath for the Danish crown.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Action/Adventure, Epic, Drama
- Countries
- DENMARK
- Languages
- DANISH
- Budget
- 5 - 10 M$
- Duration
- 120 mn
- Director(s)
- Nikolaj ARCEL
- Writer(s)
- Anders Thomas JENSEN, Nikolaj ARCEL
- Cast
- Mads MIKKELSEN, Amanda COLLIN, Gustav LINDH, Kristine Kujath THORP
- Producer(s)
- Louise VESTH (Zentropa Production)
- Synopsis
- In the mid-1700s, Danish King Frederik V declared that the wild heath of Jutland should be tamed, cultivated, and colonized so that civilization could spread and new taxes be generated for the royal house. However, no one dared to follow the King’s decree. The heath meant certain death – a godforsaken place haunted by ravenous wolves, highwaymen, and a brutal and unforgiving nature.
  But in the late summer of 1755, a lone soldier by the name of Ludvig Kahlen rode into the heath in a stubborn pursuit of a lifelong dream, determined to reach his goal: The heath would either bring him the wealth and honour he had long seeked… or get the better of him.