Certificate 15. Running time: 2hr 7mins. Drama. History. Doors open at 7pm
We are sorry but this screening has been cancelled.
This film, which could be described as a Danish Western, tells the story of Ludvig Kahlen, who pursued his lifelong dream of making the heath bring him wealth and honour.
Poor soldier Ludvig Kahlen arrives in 1755 on the barren Jutland heath with a single goal: to follow the king’s call to cultivate the land and thereby achieve wealth and honour himself. But Kahlen quickly makes an enemy. The merciless landowner, Frederik De Schinkel, who is sole ruler of the area, believes that the heath belongs to him and not the king.
When De Schinkel’s serf runs away with his wife Ann Barbara and seeks refuge with Kahlen, the landowner does everything to drive Kahlen away and at the same time exact a cruel revenge. Kahlen does not bow, but stubbornly takes up the unequal battle and now risks both his life, but also the bond with the small, troubled family that has arisen around him on the heath..
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Upcoming screenings
Thursday 12 December at 7:30pm