Production Companies

Zentropa International Berlin, Zentropa International Sweden, Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst

Overview

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

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...?