1 00:00:22,166 --> 00:00:26,082 Denmark, 18th century. To increase tax revenues- 2 00:00:26,249 --> 00:00:31,332 -Danish kings try to domesticate and colonise the vast Jutlandheath. 3 00:00:31,499 --> 00:00:37,707 But nature is brutal, the soil is barren, the land is haunted by outlaws... 4 00:00:37,874 --> 00:00:42,499 ...and for decades, all those sent out there fail. 5 00:00:44,416 --> 00:00:50,082 The heath cannot be farmed. 6 00:01:11,541 --> 00:01:13,832 COPENHAGEN 1755 7 00:01:13,999 --> 00:01:19,624 POORHOUSE FOR WAR VETERANS 8 00:01:34,416 --> 00:01:39,207 THE ROYAL TREASURY 9 00:01:41,624 --> 00:01:47,041 - Your Majesty. The carriage is waiting. - Yes, thank you. We will leave when I am ready. 10 00:01:56,166 --> 00:01:59,541 Ludvig Kahlen? We are ready for you. 11 00:02:11,749 --> 00:02:14,707 Chancellor Paulli. 12 00:02:18,916 --> 00:02:21,207 Who do we have here? 13 00:02:21,374 --> 00:02:25,916 Captain Kahlen has returned home after 25 years of service in the German army. 14 00:02:26,082 --> 00:02:30,749 He applies for a licence to build on the Jutlandheath. 15 00:02:35,457 --> 00:02:40,249 Nice, nice drawings, soldier. It's just a waste of your time. 16 00:02:40,416 --> 00:02:45,082 - The heath cannot be used. - All land can be used. 17 00:02:46,124 --> 00:02:50,374 1/3 of the kingdom lies desolate. It is a stain on our country. 18 00:02:50,541 --> 00:02:56,207 I can conquer the earth and build the first colony on the heathland. 19 00:02:56,374 --> 00:03:01,166 Listen to me. It's just heath, rock and sand. Nothing can grow there. 20 00:03:01,332 --> 00:03:05,666 That has been demonstrated over and over again by better men than you. 21 00:03:07,124 --> 00:03:11,207 With all due respect, I would like to ask for an audience with the king. 22 00:03:11,374 --> 00:03:16,624 Yes, of course. Will someone please call His Majesty? 23 00:03:18,624 --> 00:03:22,541 We are not wasting any more of the state's money on cultivating the heath. 24 00:03:22,707 --> 00:03:28,499 Especially not on a conceited soldier in a funny uniform. Get him out. 25 00:03:30,582 --> 00:03:35,416 I'm not asking you for a cent. I'll finance it myself. 26 00:03:35,582 --> 00:03:39,457 - How? - I have my captain's pension. 27 00:03:42,499 --> 00:03:45,041 That's nothing. 28 00:03:48,874 --> 00:03:52,291 Let's say that you manage to build a colony. 29 00:03:52,457 --> 00:03:57,457 What do you think should be the reward for your generous offer? 30 00:03:59,791 --> 00:04:05,332 A title of nobility with associated estates and servants. 31 00:04:08,082 --> 00:04:11,207 Could you wait outside, please? 32 00:04:19,624 --> 00:04:24,041 He is nobody. Unknown father, his mother was a maid in a mansion. 33 00:04:24,207 --> 00:04:27,457 He was a gardener before his time in the German army. 34 00:04:27,624 --> 00:04:31,332 He managed to become a captain despite his low status. 35 00:04:31,499 --> 00:04:35,041 - His demands are insane. - The demands are unimportant. 36 00:04:35,207 --> 00:04:41,082 We can promise him to become Emperor of Russia. No one can farm that land. 37 00:04:41,249 --> 00:04:45,707 But as long as he is out there we can say to his majesty- 38 00:04:45,874 --> 00:04:50,291 -that we are still fighting for his beloved heath project. 39 00:04:58,124 --> 00:05:02,582 Captain Kahlen. Please come in. We have good news. 40 00:06:43,457 --> 00:06:45,749 Help! Help me! 41 00:07:11,041 --> 00:07:16,957 A coin for a poor little lad all alone in the forest. 42 00:07:18,124 --> 00:07:23,332 Such a good looking bings. You must have lots of coin. 43 00:09:06,541 --> 00:09:11,749 Why the hell have you chosen to build a house in my county? 44 00:09:11,916 --> 00:09:14,666 The diligent hand will rule. 45 00:09:24,082 --> 00:09:27,791 - What's in the boxes? - I'd like to know that too. 46 00:09:27,957 --> 00:09:30,707 They came all the way from Mecklenburg. 47 00:09:30,874 --> 00:09:34,916 I don't understand all the secrecy. 48 00:09:35,666 --> 00:09:38,207 Are these all my men? 49 00:09:38,416 --> 00:09:43,499 I need more than that if the house is to be finished before the autumn. 50 00:09:43,707 --> 00:09:48,582 No man with his life ahead of him wants to work himself to death out in the heath. 51 00:09:48,749 --> 00:09:54,416 I need three times as many. You have to find them in neighbouring villages. 52 00:09:54,582 --> 00:09:59,249 I have hemorrhoids the size of swan eggs and they don't like the sadle. 53 00:09:59,416 --> 00:10:05,124 Besides, the forests are full of outlaws. Before I forget: five shilling. 54 00:10:05,291 --> 00:10:10,416 As bailiff I shall be compensated for the drudgery of getting everything on the list. 55 00:10:10,582 --> 00:10:14,666 Plus hiring horses to transport all the shit to the worlds asshole. 56 00:10:14,832 --> 00:10:17,416 Yes, apologies, priest. 57 00:10:18,791 --> 00:10:21,666 Captain, can I show you something? 58 00:10:21,832 --> 00:10:25,374 I think I may have a solution to your problem with labourers. 59 00:10:25,541 --> 00:10:29,749 You have no idea how happy I am that you have chosen our parish. 60 00:10:29,916 --> 00:10:33,332 It is high time for God's light to shine on the heath. 61 00:10:36,041 --> 00:10:40,291 Come. I believe I may have found a home for you. 62 00:10:49,332 --> 00:10:54,624 Johannes Eriksen, an experienced farmer, and his wife Ann Barbara. 63 00:10:57,457 --> 00:11:01,166 It is illegal to hire escapees. 64 00:11:04,124 --> 00:11:07,166 They have escaped from a brutal master. 65 00:11:07,332 --> 00:11:12,332 Eriksen can work hard and Ann Barbara is a good housekeeper. 66 00:11:12,499 --> 00:11:16,124 We can work for half the wage, sir. 67 00:11:16,332 --> 00:11:21,707 We only ask for a chamber so Ann Barbara doesn't have to sleep with the men. 68 00:11:22,749 --> 00:11:26,291 One chamber, two meals a day, no pay. 69 00:11:26,457 --> 00:11:29,957 You won't get a better opportunity in your situation. 70 00:11:30,124 --> 00:11:33,832 I will be visited by important men when the house is finished. 71 00:11:33,999 --> 00:11:38,457 I expect it maintained to a high standard. 72 00:11:38,624 --> 00:11:40,874 Is that understood? 73 00:11:48,416 --> 00:11:53,874 It will be fine. They will never look for you on the heath. 74 00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:10,166 FOUR MONTHS LATER HALDS ESTATE 75 00:12:17,416 --> 00:12:22,416 Well, Bondo. I stand here like an idiot wasting the best season of the year. 76 00:12:22,582 --> 00:12:24,707 The cheeks blush, the flesh is willing. 77 00:12:24,874 --> 00:12:30,041 Bear portraits are all the rage throughout northern Europe, Mr. de Schinkel. 78 00:12:30,207 --> 00:12:34,082 - Where is my cousin? - She is out lunging her horse. 79 00:12:34,249 --> 00:12:37,749 She does nothing but run around with that damn horse. 80 00:12:37,916 --> 00:12:43,832 A Captain Kahlen is in the process of building a house on the heath. 81 00:12:43,999 --> 00:12:47,666 "King's House" he calls it. 82 00:12:47,832 --> 00:12:51,332 You said there would be no more fools coming to the heath. 83 00:12:51,499 --> 00:12:56,374 That it was only a matter of time before we could buy the whole thing. 84 00:12:58,041 --> 00:13:02,124 - Kahlen? - Yes. Ludvig Kahlen. 85 00:13:03,207 --> 00:13:07,207 - Find out who he is. - Of course. 86 00:13:09,249 --> 00:13:14,291 KING'S HOUSE 87 00:13:35,999 --> 00:13:39,707 I got better stew in the army. 88 00:13:39,874 --> 00:13:43,249 If you had bought a cow we would have had thicker milk. 89 00:13:43,416 --> 00:13:46,541 If I'm to keep high standard I need a cow. 90 00:13:46,707 --> 00:13:50,541 I have made a detailed account of my budget. 91 00:13:50,707 --> 00:13:54,166 If a cow was needed there would be a cow. 92 00:13:54,332 --> 00:13:57,332 Then that's as good as it gets. 93 00:14:12,541 --> 00:14:15,624 Everything should be in neat little lines. 94 00:14:15,791 --> 00:14:21,207 The floor should be dust-free, the food perfectly in the centre of the plate. 95 00:14:22,916 --> 00:14:26,166 He behaves like a fine gentleman. 96 00:14:26,332 --> 00:14:30,457 But his clothes are worn out and his hands are calloused. 97 00:14:32,124 --> 00:14:36,374 - He is strange. - The priest said we can trust him. 98 00:14:36,541 --> 00:14:39,666 We can't trust anyone. 99 00:14:39,832 --> 00:14:43,207 We'll never get out of here without pay. 100 00:14:45,999 --> 00:14:51,999 We only stay here for one season. Until they stop looking for us. 101 00:14:58,207 --> 00:15:01,082 One season at King's House. 102 00:15:01,249 --> 00:15:05,416 Then we go to the coast. I want to see the sea. 103 00:15:07,457 --> 00:15:09,957 I want to see the sea. 104 00:15:20,916 --> 00:15:22,999 Where are you going? 105 00:15:23,166 --> 00:15:27,499 Out to our strange gentleman. He should not go out there alone. 106 00:15:42,791 --> 00:15:47,041 - We'll have to lime. - We'll get clay from the sea. 107 00:15:47,207 --> 00:15:50,124 The heath will be burned, the soil will be fertilised. 108 00:15:50,291 --> 00:15:53,749 It takes at least six months before anything can be grown. 109 00:15:53,916 --> 00:15:57,666 May I ask what you intend to grow? 110 00:15:57,832 --> 00:16:00,499 You are welcome to ask. 111 00:16:00,666 --> 00:16:03,624 But you won't get an answer. 112 00:16:25,791 --> 00:16:28,332 Come here! 113 00:16:28,499 --> 00:16:31,707 Thanks for the fucking chicken, bings! 114 00:16:31,874 --> 00:16:34,666 - What's going on? - It's the outlaws. 115 00:16:37,207 --> 00:16:39,666 What the hell are you doing? 116 00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:43,957 Now all the outlaws know that they can come here and steal without risk. 117 00:16:44,124 --> 00:16:46,707 Why did you let her go? 118 00:16:46,874 --> 00:16:51,666 You can't get too close to them. The devil protects them. 119 00:16:51,832 --> 00:16:56,707 - You saw for yourself how dark she was. - Stupid superstition. She's a beggar's child. 120 00:16:56,874 --> 00:17:00,749 They take them from the south. Next time you stop her. 121 00:17:00,916 --> 00:17:05,999 We won't take on any curse. You can stop her. 122 00:17:06,874 --> 00:17:10,124 Pack your things. You've done your part here. 123 00:17:15,041 --> 00:17:18,624 You have started something fantastic. 124 00:17:18,791 --> 00:17:21,957 You already get a sense of life out here. 125 00:17:29,916 --> 00:17:33,374 Johannes. Isn't that Preisler? 126 00:17:35,416 --> 00:17:39,166 Johannes. Would you be so kind to look after my horse in the barn? 127 00:17:55,457 --> 00:17:57,457 Captain Kahlen? 128 00:17:57,624 --> 00:18:02,124 I am Major Preisler. I am here on behalf of Frederik de Schinkel of Hald. 129 00:18:02,291 --> 00:18:06,166 Owner of 130 farmsteads, and the local magistrate. 130 00:18:06,332 --> 00:18:11,707 Mr. de Schinkel asked me to invite you to dinner at the estate this evening. 131 00:18:11,874 --> 00:18:14,832 It will be an honour for me. 132 00:18:14,999 --> 00:18:19,499 - I hope you have different clothes. - I have my uniform. 133 00:18:25,499 --> 00:18:29,082 One of Mr. de Schinkel's tenant farmers recently ran. 134 00:18:29,249 --> 00:18:32,957 Rumour has it that he is still in the neighbourhood. 135 00:18:33,124 --> 00:18:37,291 Johannes Eriksen and his wife. Does that mean anything to you? 136 00:18:37,457 --> 00:18:40,374 I have the men you see here. 137 00:18:54,957 --> 00:18:58,707 Schinkel. That's who they've run away from? 138 00:18:58,874 --> 00:19:04,666 The most important man in the neighbourhood? The man I'm supposed to keep friendly with? 139 00:19:42,999 --> 00:19:48,957 My uncle loved dogs. Before he died he wrote in his will- 140 00:19:49,124 --> 00:19:53,457 -that Frederik was not to remove a single dog portrait from the estate. 141 00:19:53,624 --> 00:19:58,416 I think he was more fond of his dogs than his own children. 142 00:19:58,582 --> 00:20:01,916 Edel Helene Leising, Frederik's cousin. 143 00:20:03,624 --> 00:20:06,249 Captain Ludvig Kahlen. 144 00:20:07,999 --> 00:20:11,332 Are you related to the Norwegian Count Leising? 145 00:20:11,499 --> 00:20:16,166 That is my father. Perhaps you know a lot about the Norwegian nobility? 146 00:20:16,332 --> 00:20:21,499 No... just what everyone knows. That your father is a close friend of the king. 147 00:20:31,707 --> 00:20:33,791 Here he is. 148 00:20:36,374 --> 00:20:39,624 Ludvig Kahlen. Welcome to the Hald estate. 149 00:20:39,791 --> 00:20:43,249 - Magistrate Schinkel... - de Schinkel. 150 00:20:43,416 --> 00:20:47,416 My father's name was Schinkel, but I changed it to de Schinkel. 151 00:20:47,582 --> 00:20:50,499 de Schinkel, apologies. 152 00:20:50,666 --> 00:20:54,541 From gardener to decorated captain, is quite the achievement. 153 00:20:54,707 --> 00:20:57,374 It took me 25 years too. 154 00:20:58,416 --> 00:21:03,582 25 years? Do you know how long it takes for a nobleman to become a captain? 155 00:21:03,749 --> 00:21:05,832 Six months. 156 00:21:06,957 --> 00:21:10,916 You must have hated the powdered puffs who advanced before you- 157 00:21:11,124 --> 00:21:14,457 -just because they had the right blood in their veins. 158 00:21:14,624 --> 00:21:18,582 - These are the rules. - Said by a real soldier. 159 00:21:27,374 --> 00:21:31,957 So... you're going to try to farm the heath? 160 00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:35,249 I'm going to build the king's first colony out there. 161 00:21:35,416 --> 00:21:41,082 The heath is God's nature in all its splendour. Why castrate a wild beast? 162 00:21:41,249 --> 00:21:45,874 Did not God put man on earth to create civilisation? 163 00:21:46,041 --> 00:21:49,207 - So we are not civilised out here? - I didn't say that. 164 00:21:49,374 --> 00:21:54,832 God has nothing to do with civilisation. God is chaos. Life is chaos. 165 00:21:56,666 --> 00:21:59,082 I do not agree. 166 00:21:59,249 --> 00:22:03,707 You fought in the Silesian wars. Was it civilised? 167 00:22:03,874 --> 00:22:06,041 No, war is chaos. 168 00:22:06,207 --> 00:22:11,041 But the winner is the one who can control chaos. 169 00:22:20,957 --> 00:22:25,207 What do you think of my fiancée? Isn't she pretty to look at? 170 00:22:25,374 --> 00:22:30,041 Are we engaged? I don't remember having said yes, Frederik. 171 00:22:30,207 --> 00:22:32,916 As if it wasn't already settled. 172 00:22:33,082 --> 00:22:37,791 Her father begged me on his knees to take her. Not that I complain. 173 00:22:39,457 --> 00:22:45,207 Her family wants my fortune, but I drew the longest straw. 174 00:22:45,374 --> 00:22:49,999 Getting into the nobility is priceless. My father always said that. 175 00:22:50,166 --> 00:22:55,166 - Your father was right. - He created this from nothing. 176 00:22:55,332 --> 00:22:57,874 Two cows and a plough. 177 00:22:58,041 --> 00:23:02,041 Now he just lies rotting in the ground. 178 00:23:02,207 --> 00:23:04,457 Life is chaos, Ludvig. 179 00:23:04,666 --> 00:23:09,999 Cunt, cock, shit, blood, chaos. 180 00:23:12,041 --> 00:23:14,666 We can't control shit. 181 00:23:14,832 --> 00:23:20,582 It is when we recognise it that we can enjoy our insignificant lives. 182 00:23:20,749 --> 00:23:26,624 Everything you've said since we sat the table has been ridiculous. 183 00:23:29,166 --> 00:23:35,082 Sorry, Captain. My cousin needs a lesson in civilised behaviour. 184 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:39,791 Why am I here? 185 00:23:39,957 --> 00:23:44,916 You are here because you have built on my land without authorisation. 186 00:23:45,082 --> 00:23:48,416 - Your land? - Yes, de Schinkel's land. 187 00:23:48,582 --> 00:23:52,499 The heath belongs to the king. All uncultivated land belongs to the king. 188 00:23:52,666 --> 00:23:55,832 Are you a bit deaf? This is my land. 189 00:23:55,999 --> 00:23:59,749 - Do you have a cadastral map? - I can't be bothered to look for it. 190 00:23:59,916 --> 00:24:04,957 - Then we must get a surveyor. - Or ask the magistrate - me. 191 00:24:05,124 --> 00:24:07,999 The magistrate judges. That's good enough. 192 00:24:08,207 --> 00:24:12,291 We have nothing more to talk about. Miss Edel... 193 00:24:12,457 --> 00:24:16,999 Your mother was a cook at Count Raben's estate, wasn't she? 194 00:24:17,166 --> 00:24:19,832 He was a family friend. 195 00:24:19,999 --> 00:24:25,166 A graced by God horndog who ravished any servant with tits and a womb- 196 00:24:25,332 --> 00:24:29,124 -and you're like a spitting image. 197 00:24:30,166 --> 00:24:32,832 It's almost eerie. 198 00:24:32,999 --> 00:24:35,832 Did he put you in the army? 199 00:24:35,999 --> 00:24:39,332 That's what my dad did with his bastards. 200 00:24:39,499 --> 00:24:45,832 My little half-brothers with longing in their eyes and dirt under their fingernails. 201 00:24:45,999 --> 00:24:50,999 And now the bastard wants to become a big man out on the heath. 202 00:24:52,207 --> 00:24:56,249 What do you get if you succeed? An estate? 203 00:24:57,291 --> 00:25:01,791 A nice title? "von Kahlen"? 204 00:25:08,624 --> 00:25:11,207 - What is it? - A contract. 205 00:25:11,374 --> 00:25:14,041 You can try your luck on Mr. de Schinkel's land. 206 00:25:14,207 --> 00:25:17,999 He will help you with men, provisions and materials. 207 00:25:18,166 --> 00:25:21,749 In return, you pay him 50% of your future income. 208 00:25:21,916 --> 00:25:26,791 Should colonists come, they become tenant farmers of Mr. de Schinkel. 209 00:25:26,957 --> 00:25:28,791 No, thank you. 210 00:25:28,957 --> 00:25:32,957 I would strongly advise you to accept the offer. 211 00:25:33,124 --> 00:25:36,749 It is the king's land. I work for the king. 212 00:25:36,916 --> 00:25:38,916 Woof-woof! 213 00:25:52,666 --> 00:25:57,499 Not many people would dare to contradict Frederik like that. 214 00:26:04,124 --> 00:26:08,707 - Will I see you again, Captain? - I can't see how. 215 00:26:08,874 --> 00:26:13,874 There's a harvest festival in a month. All the powdered puffs are coming. 216 00:26:15,457 --> 00:26:20,041 - First Sunday in September. - I don't think I'm invited. 217 00:26:20,207 --> 00:26:25,582 You can come as my guest. I can invite anyone I want. 218 00:26:29,082 --> 00:26:32,666 Here. So you won't forget me by then. 219 00:27:10,166 --> 00:27:14,666 - Why does no one work? Where are the men? - Gone. 220 00:27:14,832 --> 00:27:20,291 Major Preisler knocked on my door last night and asked me to ride here at once- 221 00:27:20,457 --> 00:27:25,624 -and offer your men double pay on one of de Schinkel's farms. 222 00:27:25,791 --> 00:27:28,957 And you did that without hesitation? 223 00:27:29,124 --> 00:27:35,374 I rode all night and my ass hurts. Please don't shoot the messenger. 224 00:27:37,332 --> 00:27:40,707 You couldn't know it was his land. 225 00:27:40,874 --> 00:27:45,457 We can't find any new workers. No one dares defy Schinkel. 226 00:27:45,624 --> 00:27:50,332 Has everyone gone mad? I have the king's stamp that I can be here. 227 00:27:50,499 --> 00:27:54,374 - I have the law on my side. - It doesn't matter. 228 00:27:54,541 --> 00:28:00,374 If Frederik Schinkel wants something he keeps going until he gets it. 229 00:28:00,541 --> 00:28:05,124 He's all alone out there now. He hasn't even burned the heath. 230 00:28:05,291 --> 00:28:09,624 He may have no more than 100 shilling left of his captain's pension. 231 00:28:09,791 --> 00:28:16,249 - 100 shilling? That's nothing. - No. He'll never get the land ready. 232 00:28:16,416 --> 00:28:20,457 And when winter comes, he will sign. 233 00:28:22,249 --> 00:28:27,874 "Dear Captain. Enjoy building a colony on the heathland without men." 234 00:28:28,041 --> 00:28:33,124 "Here is a small gift that may bring a little joy to everyday life." 235 00:28:33,291 --> 00:28:36,124 "Frederik de Schinkel." 236 00:28:44,041 --> 00:28:47,416 It can adorn the chickens. 237 00:28:56,832 --> 00:29:00,666 I know where we can get men. 238 00:29:26,499 --> 00:29:28,582 Hey, hey, hey! Come here! 239 00:29:28,749 --> 00:29:31,416 Let go of me, damn it! 240 00:29:36,124 --> 00:29:40,499 - What's your name, thief girl? - Anmai Mus, damn it. 241 00:29:40,666 --> 00:29:43,207 - How old are you? - Two. 242 00:29:43,374 --> 00:29:46,916 - No, you're not. - So I'm 35 then. 243 00:29:47,082 --> 00:29:49,582 I don't know, damn it. 244 00:29:49,749 --> 00:29:54,874 Where are the gypsies you travel with? Where are they camped? 245 00:29:59,291 --> 00:30:01,832 Do you remember this one? 246 00:30:02,791 --> 00:30:07,707 Tomorrow morning you will show me where they are. Do you understand? 247 00:30:07,874 --> 00:30:12,541 - They will kill me. - It's not my problem. 248 00:30:18,207 --> 00:30:22,666 Poor little Anmai Mus. She only lived a short and hard life. 249 00:30:22,832 --> 00:30:28,957 She had not eaten for eleven days and hunger forced her into thievery. 250 00:30:29,124 --> 00:30:34,582 Her parents did not want her and sold her to outlaws... 251 00:30:34,749 --> 00:30:37,999 Stop it. I don't want to hear it. 252 00:31:12,082 --> 00:31:14,041 No, no, no! 253 00:31:14,249 --> 00:31:17,374 No, no, no, let me go! 254 00:31:19,749 --> 00:31:23,666 Useless darkling. You'll get your punishment later. 255 00:31:25,874 --> 00:31:28,624 What are you doing here, bings? 256 00:31:29,666 --> 00:31:32,791 I have work for all of you. 257 00:31:32,957 --> 00:31:36,791 Ten shilling for working the field until autumn. 258 00:31:36,957 --> 00:31:39,916 Which field? You don't own a field. 259 00:31:40,082 --> 00:31:42,082 The heath. 260 00:31:42,249 --> 00:31:44,707 Heath! 261 00:31:44,874 --> 00:31:49,791 A fine soldier like you knows that people like us are not allowed to work. That's what the law says. 262 00:31:49,957 --> 00:31:54,957 - You could go to jail for that. - Are we in agreement? 263 00:32:07,541 --> 00:32:11,832 20 shilling. And I want that. 264 00:32:12,999 --> 00:32:17,666 Your medal. I always wanted to be a general. 265 00:32:17,832 --> 00:32:22,707 You can't have it. And I am not a general. I'm a captain. 266 00:32:40,916 --> 00:32:44,082 Salute General Hector! 267 00:32:52,666 --> 00:32:56,541 Do you remember when we faced the devil out here on the heath? 268 00:32:56,707 --> 00:32:59,707 In the form of a young boy. We ran! 269 00:32:59,874 --> 00:33:04,916 Now he is the one to run. Because now the general is here! 270 00:33:05,082 --> 00:33:08,416 Now the general is here! 271 00:33:08,582 --> 00:33:11,666 Now the General and the devil is working... 272 00:33:11,832 --> 00:33:15,374 Make sure to keep the fire under control. 273 00:33:51,624 --> 00:33:55,582 - Hey! A shilling for one night? - No, no. Thank you. 274 00:34:37,541 --> 00:34:40,541 Take the stick. 275 00:34:52,124 --> 00:34:56,207 Once you take that stick you are part of her clan. 276 00:34:56,374 --> 00:35:01,457 You can have her for five shilling. Then we'll get rid of that darkling. 277 00:35:03,207 --> 00:35:06,707 We are not in the same clan. Do you understand? 278 00:35:19,582 --> 00:35:23,166 Freshly shot game for the harvest festival. I shot two. 279 00:35:23,332 --> 00:35:28,749 You will all have a taste and a wonderful evening. You will all live well. 280 00:35:30,166 --> 00:35:33,416 But first of all, I will live. 281 00:35:33,582 --> 00:35:38,832 - Have you seen the animals? I shot two. - I have disturbing news from the heath. 282 00:35:38,999 --> 00:35:43,291 Kahlen has hired a group of gypsies to work for him. 283 00:35:43,457 --> 00:35:47,291 But Preisler has also discovered something else. 284 00:35:54,082 --> 00:35:59,957 Three carriage loads as close to the coast as you can find. Remember. It must be white clay. 285 00:36:03,166 --> 00:36:05,874 It must be white clay. 286 00:36:11,499 --> 00:36:16,749 - Mr. de Schinkel liked this one. - Then he can wear it himself. 287 00:36:16,916 --> 00:36:22,082 Mine will be simpler. Honourable, but still feminine. 288 00:36:22,249 --> 00:36:26,499 You mean something a military man would appreciate? 289 00:36:48,207 --> 00:36:51,957 You should stay far away from Schinkel. 290 00:36:52,957 --> 00:36:56,874 - Everybody who's anybody is coming tonight. - Everyone who's anybody? 291 00:36:57,041 --> 00:37:01,499 Businessmen. People I will be doing business with. 292 00:37:01,666 --> 00:37:05,541 I guess that's not the only reason you go there. 293 00:37:05,707 --> 00:37:11,499 You should not interfere with my private matters. You are a housekeeper. 294 00:37:11,666 --> 00:37:16,832 Now it's as good as it gets. The good people can take you as you are. 295 00:37:16,999 --> 00:37:21,207 But you must remember to hide the seam in the collar. 296 00:37:46,249 --> 00:37:50,916 Thank God you are here. I almost didn't recognise you. 297 00:37:51,124 --> 00:37:53,582 Ludvig Kahlen. 298 00:37:53,749 --> 00:37:57,374 - Captain heath conqueror. - de Schinkel. 299 00:37:57,541 --> 00:38:02,374 Good that you came. But you can't be here with that lice infested wig. 300 00:38:02,541 --> 00:38:06,207 I can't expose my other guests to that. 301 00:38:06,374 --> 00:38:11,249 - There are no lice in my wig. - I see how it creeps and crawls. 302 00:38:11,416 --> 00:38:15,416 Lise here has brought a wig that you can borrow. 303 00:38:16,582 --> 00:38:18,999 Let's go. Immediately. 304 00:38:23,166 --> 00:38:25,041 Yes... 305 00:38:31,666 --> 00:38:35,457 That's it. Then you are as good as new. 306 00:38:35,624 --> 00:38:37,707 Enjoy the party. 307 00:38:42,916 --> 00:38:46,874 Come with me, sir. Miss is expecting you. 308 00:38:56,957 --> 00:39:00,374 - Miss Edel. - Captain. 309 00:39:06,749 --> 00:39:10,082 It was a gift from your cousin. 310 00:39:11,249 --> 00:39:13,999 He is a spoilt child. 311 00:39:14,166 --> 00:39:17,707 Trying desperately to impress his father's friends. 312 00:39:17,874 --> 00:39:21,624 He drinks from morning to night and brags about- 313 00:39:21,791 --> 00:39:25,291 -all the female servants whom he has bedded. 314 00:39:25,457 --> 00:39:30,749 It is as if he thinks that I find it funny or attractive. 315 00:39:33,249 --> 00:39:35,416 I have to go away. 316 00:39:36,499 --> 00:39:38,916 I have to get out of here. 317 00:39:42,124 --> 00:39:46,541 - What does your father say? - He only thinks about the money. 318 00:39:46,707 --> 00:39:49,957 He has forbidden me to go home. 319 00:39:50,124 --> 00:39:55,666 I must stay here for the winter and try to see the good in Frederik. 320 00:39:55,832 --> 00:39:59,541 He wants us married within a year. 321 00:39:59,707 --> 00:40:05,291 If I can't present a better option for him. 322 00:40:09,832 --> 00:40:12,416 Can I? 323 00:40:17,416 --> 00:40:21,957 A man who makes the king's highest wish come true 324 00:40:22,124 --> 00:40:25,666 -with the title and reward that comes with it... 325 00:40:25,832 --> 00:40:30,957 He could perhaps become worthy to marry you. 326 00:40:32,166 --> 00:40:35,374 If that's what you're asking. 327 00:40:38,749 --> 00:40:42,041 I thought I was being obvious. 328 00:40:43,541 --> 00:40:48,874 You haven't had many in-depth conversations with women. Have you? 329 00:40:49,041 --> 00:40:53,666 This is the longest conversation I've had, that's correct. 330 00:40:55,791 --> 00:41:00,124 And you will succeed to build your colony out there? 331 00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:02,499 Yes, I will. 332 00:41:44,999 --> 00:41:49,207 Sorry to interrupt the magic here, but I want to show a surprise- 333 00:41:49,374 --> 00:41:53,582 -and I can't wait any longer. It's something very special. 334 00:42:11,499 --> 00:42:14,999 This farmer left last spring. 335 00:42:15,166 --> 00:42:19,874 I treated him and his wife with respect, even love. 336 00:42:20,041 --> 00:42:23,624 As I treat all my people. 337 00:42:25,957 --> 00:42:29,499 And he thanked me by running away. 338 00:42:32,624 --> 00:42:36,707 He was hiding with Ludvig Kahlen out on the heath- 339 00:42:36,874 --> 00:42:40,374 -but enough about that. It's a long story. 340 00:42:53,166 --> 00:42:56,832 If you interfere with a legal peasant punishment- 341 00:42:56,999 --> 00:43:00,541 -you yourself will be regarded as a lawbreaker. 342 00:43:00,707 --> 00:43:05,624 Don't worry. The water is not as hot as it looks. 343 00:43:48,499 --> 00:43:51,582 One more time for the beautiful girls. 344 00:44:02,416 --> 00:44:05,666 One more time for the beautiful girls. 345 00:44:20,416 --> 00:44:23,541 I think that it would be a good idea to stop now. 346 00:44:23,707 --> 00:44:26,582 The people are not with you. 347 00:44:35,499 --> 00:44:39,041 No. Do it one more time for the beautiful girls. 348 00:44:39,207 --> 00:44:42,082 Frederik! That's enough. 349 00:44:42,249 --> 00:44:47,249 Do it one more time now! Do it for the beautiful girls! 350 00:45:03,124 --> 00:45:06,166 You have killed him. 351 00:45:06,332 --> 00:45:10,832 I am fully entitled to punish my own farmer tenants. 352 00:45:10,999 --> 00:45:15,916 Nobody could know that he would die. What do you say, Bondo? 353 00:45:17,207 --> 00:45:21,624 Yes, that's right. It was an accident. 354 00:45:21,791 --> 00:45:26,416 So, the farmer must have been sensitive or... 355 00:45:26,582 --> 00:45:29,707 Leave him alone. He is mine. 356 00:45:29,874 --> 00:45:33,874 He is not yours anymore. According to the law, he belongs to God now. 357 00:45:34,791 --> 00:45:36,541 Then take him. 358 00:45:50,874 --> 00:45:55,416 Ludvig! I know that you use gypsies as labourers. 359 00:45:55,582 --> 00:46:00,666 You are not allowed to harbour outlaw gypsies. You are ordered to send them away. 360 00:46:03,332 --> 00:46:06,874 It goes like this. If the outlaws are not gone by tomorrow morning... 361 00:46:07,041 --> 00:46:10,749 -we will remove them by force. You too. 362 00:46:10,916 --> 00:46:16,832 I'll let it all slide, if you just sign our contract. 363 00:47:25,291 --> 00:47:27,832 It hurts me. 364 00:48:08,916 --> 00:48:12,582 You didn't hit me like a man who was afraid of anything. 365 00:48:12,749 --> 00:48:16,916 We had a deal. Otherwise I can't get the ground ready. 366 00:48:17,082 --> 00:48:22,291 There's no reason to leave. You can work during the night. 367 00:48:24,124 --> 00:48:28,749 Are you an idiot? There is a cooked man out there on your land. 368 00:48:28,916 --> 00:48:33,666 We don't want to bloody die for your heath project. 369 00:48:55,874 --> 00:48:58,499 What do we do? 370 00:48:59,874 --> 00:49:03,666 You'll never make it through the winter, not without money, not without men. 371 00:49:03,832 --> 00:49:07,999 I don't need men. I can do it myself. 372 00:49:08,166 --> 00:49:13,582 - The land will be cultivated this spring. - And what about Schinkel? 373 00:49:44,582 --> 00:49:48,624 Schinkel takes turns between the maids. 374 00:49:48,791 --> 00:49:53,291 He always brings one or two guards, so they don't run away. 375 00:49:56,957 --> 00:50:01,874 When Johannes and I got married he raged because I was not his. 376 00:50:02,041 --> 00:50:05,166 And now he has killed him. 377 00:50:08,124 --> 00:50:11,957 Schinkel will not stop until he has won. 378 00:50:14,457 --> 00:50:17,832 Where were you planning to go? 379 00:50:19,624 --> 00:50:24,624 - As far away as I can get. - I would like to ask you to stay. 380 00:50:26,457 --> 00:50:30,416 I can't both farm the fields and keep house. 381 00:50:30,582 --> 00:50:34,457 - I need you. - Housekeeping? 382 00:50:35,457 --> 00:50:40,291 My husband is dead and you are afraid that the floor won't be swept- 383 00:50:40,457 --> 00:50:44,124 -or that everything is perfect as it usually is! 384 00:50:49,041 --> 00:50:52,166 - I can pay you. - With what? 385 00:50:52,332 --> 00:50:55,957 - You have no more money. - When the king hears... 386 00:50:56,124 --> 00:51:00,207 Don't talk about the king as your friend. You have never met him. 387 00:51:00,374 --> 00:51:05,457 You never will. He doesn't even know you exist. 388 00:51:54,499 --> 00:51:57,082 What is Schinkel afraid of? 389 00:51:57,249 --> 00:52:01,249 What happens to him if there are colonies out here? 390 00:52:01,416 --> 00:52:06,457 Then he loses his power. He becomes an insignificant little man. 391 00:52:08,957 --> 00:52:13,666 I will do the work of three men, so I shall have double pay. 392 00:52:13,832 --> 00:52:16,457 And a fifth of the harvest. 393 00:52:20,166 --> 00:52:22,541 A tenth. 394 00:52:27,832 --> 00:52:31,582 And I want to know what you intend to grow. 395 00:52:43,582 --> 00:52:47,041 - What is it? - Potatoes. 396 00:52:47,207 --> 00:52:51,332 They grow them in Germany and France. They are hardy. 397 00:52:51,499 --> 00:52:55,791 They can withstand almost anything. Just don't let them get frost. 398 00:53:03,291 --> 00:53:06,957 My mother was a cook. On an estate. 399 00:53:07,124 --> 00:53:13,082 She was in the same situation as you. With her landlord. 400 00:53:14,374 --> 00:53:17,166 You are the son of a landowner? 401 00:53:17,332 --> 00:53:21,041 He was my father, yes. But I was not his son. 402 00:53:33,332 --> 00:53:35,999 Damn shit bowl! 403 00:53:45,499 --> 00:53:48,374 What are you doing here? 404 00:53:48,541 --> 00:53:52,999 I ran away from those ugly bastards. 405 00:53:53,166 --> 00:53:55,749 I don't want to be sold. 406 00:54:00,624 --> 00:54:02,874 Come! 407 00:54:03,041 --> 00:54:07,249 You have to find the others again. You can't be here. 408 00:54:14,541 --> 00:54:20,207 I can't take care of a child. We don't even have food for ourselves. 409 00:55:15,666 --> 00:55:18,541 Cursed thief, cursed thief. 410 00:55:18,707 --> 00:55:25,082 You have stolen my knife and tomorrow at seven o'clock you will lose your life. 411 00:55:26,707 --> 00:55:30,749 A toe-biter! Take it bettefar! 412 00:55:35,832 --> 00:55:39,666 - Are you an idiot? It eats children. - No, it doesn't. 413 00:55:39,832 --> 00:55:44,832 It is much more afraid of you than you are of it. Come. 414 00:55:47,249 --> 00:55:51,041 Madrum, Look! I'm holding a toe-biter! 415 00:55:51,207 --> 00:55:54,666 I don't understand your gipsy words, Anmai Mus. 416 00:55:54,832 --> 00:55:58,374 Madrum. It comes from Latin. 417 00:55:58,541 --> 00:56:01,624 It is a root word for mother. 418 00:56:01,791 --> 00:56:06,749 Madrum. Gudbings. And bettefar. 419 00:56:12,874 --> 00:56:16,416 Yes, that's good. Now we are working. 420 00:56:26,999 --> 00:56:31,207 But the miller took little Carl Andersen and threw him into the lake. 421 00:56:31,374 --> 00:56:35,207 And then everyone knew that the miller drowned children every night. 422 00:56:35,374 --> 00:56:40,416 - Why isn't anyone doing anything about that bastard? - It's coming. You want to hear more? 423 00:56:40,582 --> 00:56:45,374 - Yes, damn it, what an asshole! - You have to stop swearing. 424 00:56:45,541 --> 00:56:50,291 Why the hell didn't he just fly to the kids if he could fly? 425 00:56:50,457 --> 00:56:53,416 The miller had four children himself. 426 00:57:17,749 --> 00:57:21,749 You must drink it. Your lungs must rest. 427 00:57:39,249 --> 00:57:42,749 Her body cannot resist the disease. She must have food. 428 00:57:42,916 --> 00:57:48,416 - Porridge and water is not enough. - This is what we have. 429 00:57:48,582 --> 00:57:52,832 - We have the potatoes. - We're not touching them. 430 00:57:52,999 --> 00:57:57,666 We have one goat left. We have to survive on the milk all winter. 431 00:57:57,832 --> 00:58:02,082 - There are 20 sacks of potatoes... - We're not touching them! 432 00:58:11,041 --> 00:58:15,916 Edel's father says she blabbers on about Ludvig Kahlen in her letters home. 433 00:58:16,082 --> 00:58:18,374 You don't think she likes him? 434 00:58:18,541 --> 00:58:22,124 She is a realist. She would never choose a peasant- 435 00:58:22,291 --> 00:58:27,791 -before the most prosperous man in the neighborhood. Never. 436 00:58:28,874 --> 00:58:31,832 No, she wouldn't. 437 00:58:35,124 --> 00:58:40,832 She is smarter than that. So what does she know that we don't? 438 00:58:43,624 --> 00:58:47,874 He received a shipment all the way from Germany. 439 00:58:48,041 --> 00:58:51,999 - Maybe it's potatoes. - Potatoes? 440 00:58:54,874 --> 00:58:58,916 Don't they say that they can grow in almost any kind of soil? 441 00:59:19,832 --> 00:59:22,957 Anmai Mus, go inside and rest. 442 00:59:54,124 --> 00:59:56,749 Merry Christmas, Ludvig. 443 00:59:59,041 --> 01:00:02,957 - You were hoping it was Edel. - What are you doing here, Schinkel? 444 01:00:03,124 --> 01:00:07,124 de Schinkel, Ludvig. de Schinkel. 445 01:00:10,332 --> 01:00:15,707 You're still here? Just come home when you get tired of the heath. 446 01:00:15,874 --> 01:00:19,582 You will always be my little Ann Barbara. 447 01:00:23,124 --> 01:00:26,624 I have actually come in good faith. 448 01:00:29,749 --> 01:00:33,249 Leftovers from Christmas dinner. There is both pork and cake. 449 01:00:33,416 --> 01:00:37,999 You might have to gnaw a bit to get the meat off the bones. 450 01:00:42,957 --> 01:00:46,332 Come into the warmth. I have good news for you. 451 01:00:50,707 --> 01:00:53,749 I have not been reasonable. 452 01:00:53,916 --> 01:00:58,249 You come out here to the heathland with your big dream. 453 01:00:58,416 --> 01:01:03,832 And I just sit up there on the estate and ruin it all for you. 454 01:01:11,957 --> 01:01:15,666 - Aren't you curious? - It's money. 455 01:01:15,832 --> 01:01:19,249 Yes. It's 2000 shilling. 456 01:01:22,124 --> 01:01:27,166 That's enough for two colonies and to hire as many men as you want. 457 01:01:27,332 --> 01:01:31,291 - You can live like a king. - I will not work for you. 458 01:01:31,499 --> 01:01:37,666 You will not work for anyone. Just go somewhere else and work the fields. 459 01:01:37,832 --> 01:01:43,457 As long as it's far away from me so we don't have to stare at each other. 460 01:01:47,541 --> 01:01:51,082 Start over somewhere else. 461 01:01:51,249 --> 01:01:54,249 And the pouch is yours. 462 01:02:03,416 --> 01:02:06,332 Then we have a deal. 463 01:02:06,499 --> 01:02:10,457 I want to go home to my warm stove. 464 01:02:15,416 --> 01:02:20,041 One more thing. You must of course report to The Treasury- 465 01:02:20,207 --> 01:02:24,457 -that this is my land and always has been. 466 01:04:07,749 --> 01:04:09,582 Ludvig. 467 01:04:11,291 --> 01:04:12,957 Ludvig. 468 01:04:13,124 --> 01:04:17,957 The goat is worth a hundred times more than a shitty sack of potatoes. You know that. 469 01:04:18,124 --> 01:04:22,166 What if the harvest fails? Ludvig, don't... Ludvig! 470 01:04:55,749 --> 01:04:58,874 I know it's the porridge. 471 01:04:59,041 --> 01:05:02,957 I don't hear her out there anymore. 472 01:05:07,249 --> 01:05:13,166 Tell me again. What happens when the colonists arrive, bettefar? 473 01:05:15,874 --> 01:05:20,082 When the colonists come we can use the whole heath- 474 01:05:20,249 --> 01:05:22,999 -and then the king will come and visit us. 475 01:05:23,166 --> 01:05:25,249 The top bings. 476 01:05:28,457 --> 01:05:32,999 Yes. Then the top bings comes and visit us. 477 01:05:34,999 --> 01:05:40,832 And then there will be fireplaces in every room, we will have sealed windows. 478 01:05:41,874 --> 01:05:45,374 And you get all the food you can eat. 479 01:05:47,166 --> 01:05:50,791 And we will have animals in the barn. 480 01:05:50,957 --> 01:05:54,916 As many animals as Noah had on his ark. 481 01:06:20,457 --> 01:06:24,291 I have given my blanket to Anmai Mus. 482 01:06:25,582 --> 01:06:28,457 I just need to get the heat up. 483 01:07:08,207 --> 01:07:12,957 I know that your heart belongs to another. So does mine. 484 01:07:44,166 --> 01:07:47,082 Is there any more porridge? 485 01:08:04,541 --> 01:08:08,624 - When do they come up? - In two or three months. 486 01:08:08,791 --> 01:08:12,749 And then there will be many more of them. Hundreds of sacks. 487 01:08:12,916 --> 01:08:16,749 - Fucking hell! Hundreds? - One more. 488 01:09:42,916 --> 01:09:44,624 Frost! 489 01:09:57,791 --> 01:10:02,374 Blankets are not enough. Take the heath. Take the heath! 490 01:11:19,999 --> 01:11:23,041 Bettefar, a sprout! 491 01:11:23,207 --> 01:11:26,416 Bettefar, bettefar, a sprout! 492 01:11:26,582 --> 01:11:29,666 A sprout! Come, come! 493 01:11:41,541 --> 01:11:44,791 A sprout, bettefar! A sprout! 494 01:11:56,957 --> 01:12:00,499 And it was you who found it, Anmai Mus. 495 01:12:01,416 --> 01:12:04,749 And it was you who found it. 496 01:12:27,249 --> 01:12:30,916 "Cultivated on the heath. L. Kahlen." 497 01:12:33,207 --> 01:12:37,832 Do you realize what this means, Mr. Paulli? It took us five decades to get here. 498 01:12:37,999 --> 01:12:41,957 Stop it, Mr. Paulli. You are behaving as if he invented the wheel. 499 01:12:42,124 --> 01:12:47,582 - It took a year to grow one sack. - 80 sacks. According to this. 500 01:12:48,541 --> 01:12:51,541 - His Majesty the King! - Your Majesty. 501 01:12:51,707 --> 01:12:56,166 We are said to have received a consignment of potatoes from Jutlandheath. 502 01:12:56,332 --> 01:13:00,624 - That's right, but... - This is a great day for Denmark. 503 01:13:00,791 --> 01:13:06,791 Send colonists there and make sure to send a suitable reward. 504 01:13:17,624 --> 01:13:18,874 What? 505 01:13:20,457 --> 01:13:25,041 Miss? The captain has managed to grow potatoes on the heath. 506 01:13:25,207 --> 01:13:28,374 - Where did you hear that? - Bondo's chambermaid. 507 01:13:28,541 --> 01:13:34,124 He is now a royal surveyor. 50 colonists are on their way from Germany. 508 01:13:55,249 --> 01:13:59,582 I have never doubted. Never. Neither has God. 509 01:13:59,749 --> 01:14:03,166 And speaking of Our Lord, I will leave you now for a while. 510 01:14:03,332 --> 01:14:08,249 - Tomorrow morning I will go to Odense. - Then you have your head in a bucket. 511 01:14:08,416 --> 01:14:13,457 Then to Copenhagen to collect money for the first church on the heath. 512 01:14:13,624 --> 01:14:16,332 Cheers! Pancakes! 513 01:14:16,499 --> 01:14:18,916 - Cheers. - Cheers. 514 01:14:52,957 --> 01:14:55,124 Peat... 515 01:14:56,374 --> 01:15:01,749 ...moss is often atrocious... 516 01:15:01,916 --> 01:15:06,416 Nutritious. "Atrocious" is something completely different. 517 01:15:06,582 --> 01:15:09,416 - Nutritious. - Ludvig? 518 01:15:22,666 --> 01:15:25,207 Are you Ludvig Kahlen? 519 01:15:33,166 --> 01:15:35,791 Welcome to King's House. 520 01:15:35,957 --> 01:15:40,457 You who stand here today will go down in history- 521 01:15:40,624 --> 01:15:45,791 -as the king's first colonists on the Danish heathland. 522 01:15:45,957 --> 01:15:49,332 Building materials for your houses are on their way. 523 01:15:49,499 --> 01:15:55,416 You can camp in the valley shielded from wind and get rest from your journey. 524 01:15:55,582 --> 01:16:00,291 - We have bread and meat for everyone. - What is she doing here? 525 01:16:02,957 --> 01:16:07,916 She works here. She helps us with the animals and the land survey. 526 01:16:11,624 --> 01:16:14,916 - Anmai Mus, come. - No! 527 01:16:17,874 --> 01:16:23,416 Her kind brings misfortune and death. If we are to stay, she must go. 528 01:16:36,124 --> 01:16:41,874 I'll keep her from your wives and children. She stays in the house. 529 01:16:45,916 --> 01:16:49,124 You will not notice her. 530 01:16:53,249 --> 01:16:57,707 Let time pass and they will realize that you are not dangerous at all. 531 01:16:57,874 --> 01:17:00,707 It's like I reek of a stench. 532 01:17:00,874 --> 01:17:03,791 There's nothing wrong with you. 533 01:17:03,957 --> 01:17:07,457 They are afraid of you even though they should know better. 534 01:17:07,624 --> 01:17:11,124 Just as you once were afraid of little beetles. 535 01:17:17,916 --> 01:17:21,374 I thought you said that you don't stink. 536 01:17:22,874 --> 01:17:26,541 Stop teasing. You're bad at it. 537 01:17:26,707 --> 01:17:29,832 There's someone in here stinking of a stench. 538 01:17:29,999 --> 01:17:35,124 - You smell like horse piss! - What did you say? 539 01:17:35,291 --> 01:17:39,332 I have never... That's the worst thing I've ever heard! 540 01:17:42,749 --> 01:17:46,707 Two steps to the right. That's it! 541 01:17:46,874 --> 01:17:50,499 And then you write "220" in this column. 542 01:17:50,666 --> 01:17:54,499 A two, a two and a circle. 543 01:17:55,707 --> 01:18:00,957 Won't the wig-thingy be angry when we are so close to his castle? 544 01:18:01,124 --> 01:18:04,749 Maybe he will. But he is no longer in charge here. 545 01:18:23,166 --> 01:18:29,416 Dearest Frederik. Looks like you can remain an important pawn out here- 546 01:18:29,582 --> 01:18:32,749 -even though colonists have arrived. 547 01:18:34,082 --> 01:18:38,791 But Ludvig Kahlen is a royal surveyor now. 548 01:18:39,791 --> 01:18:43,374 If you fight him you risk everything. 549 01:18:44,916 --> 01:18:48,499 You must make peace with him. 550 01:18:52,874 --> 01:18:56,874 Then say that you want to marry with me here and now. 551 01:18:57,041 --> 01:19:03,166 What is holding you back? You say I'm going to be an important pawn. 552 01:19:03,374 --> 01:19:05,874 Then say yes. 553 01:19:08,999 --> 01:19:11,416 Say yes. 554 01:19:15,874 --> 01:19:19,832 You think I don't know about your plan, do you? 555 01:19:19,999 --> 01:19:25,082 You've probably already spread your legs for him. 556 01:19:25,249 --> 01:19:28,416 Let go of me. Let go of me! 557 01:19:38,082 --> 01:19:41,582 Come on, let's go. Hit me again. 558 01:19:42,624 --> 01:19:45,041 Hit me again. 559 01:19:52,416 --> 01:19:55,416 - Lord... - What are you doing? 560 01:19:56,957 --> 01:20:00,374 What is it? 561 01:20:00,541 --> 01:20:02,707 No, no! 562 01:20:02,874 --> 01:20:06,291 Stop, stop, stop! Stop it, stop it! 563 01:20:09,082 --> 01:20:11,374 Stop it, Frederik! 564 01:20:16,082 --> 01:20:20,457 You are crazy. You are crazy. 565 01:20:40,916 --> 01:20:46,332 Kahlen and his potato boys will get off my heath, Bondo. 566 01:20:48,249 --> 01:20:50,666 He will go away. 567 01:21:12,499 --> 01:21:17,499 It's this way. There's plenty of food in there. 568 01:21:35,916 --> 01:21:39,582 - What's going on? - I thought I was dreaming. 569 01:21:45,499 --> 01:21:46,749 Stay here. 570 01:22:15,791 --> 01:22:19,207 Easy, easy. Steady. 571 01:22:22,207 --> 01:22:25,541 Go inside and lock the doors. 572 01:22:25,707 --> 01:22:27,457 Yes... 573 01:23:09,166 --> 01:23:14,124 - Clean cut. It wasn't the wolves. - They must have smelled the blood. 574 01:23:14,291 --> 01:23:19,541 What is happening? Half of our animals are dead. Who did it? 575 01:23:20,666 --> 01:23:22,541 Peter? 576 01:23:22,707 --> 01:23:25,166 Peter! 577 01:23:26,874 --> 01:23:29,374 - Peter. - Vera! 578 01:23:30,499 --> 01:23:32,166 Vera! 579 01:24:10,916 --> 01:24:13,124 What kind of horse are you riding? 580 01:24:13,291 --> 01:24:16,499 You have killed two innocent civilians. 581 01:24:16,666 --> 01:24:20,707 I hope you have strong evidence for such a preposterous claim. 582 01:24:20,874 --> 01:24:25,041 - But I am only a magistrate. - They were under the protection of the king. 583 01:24:25,207 --> 01:24:29,624 I think you have been visited by highwaymen. 584 01:24:29,791 --> 01:24:32,249 Several of my farms have been affected. 585 01:24:32,416 --> 01:24:37,666 Once they've got blood in their teeth they come again and again. 586 01:24:37,832 --> 01:24:41,249 - And they come again. - Stay away from the heath. 587 01:24:41,416 --> 01:24:43,582 Is that understood? 588 01:24:45,499 --> 01:24:50,541 Chaos, Ludvig. You can lay all the plans you want. 589 01:24:50,707 --> 01:24:55,666 Life is chaos. Why is it so hard for you to accept? 590 01:26:00,082 --> 01:26:02,957 Can I have a glass of water, please? 591 01:26:03,124 --> 01:26:07,207 Sure you can. The well is just outside. 592 01:26:07,374 --> 01:26:09,457 - What? - Ann Barbara. 593 01:26:09,624 --> 01:26:12,749 We would like to be left alone. 594 01:26:14,249 --> 01:26:16,332 Of course we do. 595 01:26:21,499 --> 01:26:25,874 - I thought she was your housekeeper. - She is. 596 01:26:31,082 --> 01:26:32,916 You should not have come. 597 01:26:33,082 --> 01:26:36,582 I know who killed the colonists. 598 01:26:36,749 --> 01:26:41,874 Major Preisler and his friend Rømer came to the estate with four men in chains. 599 01:26:42,041 --> 01:26:45,124 They must have taken them from the prison. 600 01:26:45,291 --> 01:26:47,999 - Are they still on the estate? - No. 601 01:26:49,166 --> 01:26:54,124 They won't stop here. Is there somewhere else they could be? 602 01:26:54,291 --> 01:26:56,957 Where they can hide? 603 01:26:58,791 --> 01:27:01,499 Frederik's hunting lodge. 604 01:27:03,082 --> 01:27:08,582 - What are you going to do? - You'd better go back, now. 605 01:27:12,832 --> 01:27:14,791 Let's go. 606 01:27:27,499 --> 01:27:29,582 See you. 607 01:27:37,666 --> 01:27:42,832 I know who killed Peter and Vera. And I know where they are. 608 01:27:42,999 --> 01:27:48,332 We would never have come here if we had known that you were at war with a landowner. 609 01:27:48,499 --> 01:27:51,916 - You should have said that. - It's the king's land. 610 01:27:52,082 --> 01:27:55,457 The law is on our side. 611 01:27:55,624 --> 01:28:01,416 The attackers are coming back. Do you understand? We must stop them. 612 01:28:02,707 --> 01:28:05,874 Have any of you been in the army? 613 01:28:08,041 --> 01:28:13,832 None of us will lift a finger until you send the devil girl away. 614 01:28:16,666 --> 01:28:21,499 - She has nothing to do with this. - We don't want to hear it, Kahlen! 615 01:28:23,791 --> 01:28:29,291 We said she was bad luck. Now two of our people are dead. 616 01:28:31,207 --> 01:28:35,041 Send her away, or we leave. 617 01:28:35,207 --> 01:28:39,207 And then you can forget about your colony. 618 01:28:46,832 --> 01:28:49,582 What are you saying? 619 01:28:50,499 --> 01:28:54,874 We can't just send her away. She is our child. 620 01:28:55,041 --> 01:28:58,291 - Then let them go. - Stop. 621 01:29:02,874 --> 01:29:06,166 I have no choice. 622 01:29:07,332 --> 01:29:09,499 Yes, you do. 623 01:29:10,832 --> 01:29:14,832 But everything must follow Ludvig Kahlen's grand plan. 624 01:29:14,999 --> 01:29:20,582 You just want your title of nobility so you can mix with the good people. 625 01:29:20,749 --> 01:29:24,624 What do you want me to do? 626 01:29:24,791 --> 01:29:27,624 I have no choice. 627 01:30:13,916 --> 01:30:18,666 There is a convent in Odense where they take in homeless children. 628 01:30:18,832 --> 01:30:24,707 She gets food and a bed, but she has to work for food. 629 01:30:54,082 --> 01:30:57,957 You will be happy where you are going. 630 01:30:58,124 --> 01:31:01,249 There are many other children there. 631 01:31:04,082 --> 01:31:06,082 So... 632 01:31:07,332 --> 01:31:08,832 Yes... 633 01:31:25,124 --> 01:31:28,166 You will have a good life. 634 01:31:28,332 --> 01:31:33,249 You have learned to read. You know all about how to take care of animals. 635 01:31:38,957 --> 01:31:41,749 Now you must be strong. 636 01:31:41,916 --> 01:31:43,874 So... - Go! 637 01:31:51,832 --> 01:31:55,666 Bettefar! Bettefar! 638 01:32:08,999 --> 01:32:12,666 How long are we going to stay in this dump? 639 01:32:12,832 --> 01:32:15,499 Until the work is done. 640 01:32:15,666 --> 01:32:19,457 Twelve years in the penitentiary, and he calls this a dump? 641 01:32:19,624 --> 01:32:25,207 I'll go inside and rest. We will ride in an hour. Get your weapons ready. 642 01:34:35,457 --> 01:34:37,832 What the hell is going on? 643 01:34:37,999 --> 01:34:42,291 The Germans attacked us. I was the only one who escaped. 644 01:34:45,957 --> 01:34:48,207 Those damn potato farmers! 645 01:34:48,374 --> 01:34:52,666 Everything was done with military precision. Led by Kahlen. 646 01:34:52,791 --> 01:34:58,166 And you're here drinking! You should have stayed and fought, you coward! 647 01:34:59,416 --> 01:35:02,541 Give me new men, and I'll fix him for good. 648 01:35:02,707 --> 01:35:07,499 - Then do it! What are you waiting for? - Did you see who killed Rømer? 649 01:35:08,957 --> 01:35:10,707 Kahlen. 650 01:35:10,874 --> 01:35:16,749 So he murdered a former Danish officer in cold blood and we have a witness. 651 01:35:34,999 --> 01:35:40,457 The Germans told us what happened. And where you were tonight. 652 01:35:42,499 --> 01:35:45,916 You managed to collect money for the church? 653 01:35:46,957 --> 01:35:51,374 They also said that you sent away Anmai Mus. 654 01:35:59,374 --> 01:36:03,374 - Where is Ann Barbara? - There was a letter. 655 01:36:17,707 --> 01:36:20,957 Not coming back 656 01:36:26,957 --> 01:36:31,332 If you can prove that Kahlen has killed an officer... 657 01:36:31,499 --> 01:36:35,457 We can. Major Preisler saw it with his own eyes. 658 01:36:35,624 --> 01:36:39,374 - We want to help you, Schinkel. - de Schinkel. 659 01:36:39,541 --> 01:36:43,207 No landowner wants Kahlen to build his colony. 660 01:36:43,374 --> 01:36:47,332 But there is one thing that we all wonder about. 661 01:36:47,499 --> 01:36:51,707 It is the distribution of revenues that you propose. 662 01:36:51,874 --> 01:36:56,207 It is my land, my heath. It is only fair that I get most of it. 663 01:36:56,374 --> 01:36:59,291 It's not your land, Schinkel. 664 01:36:59,457 --> 01:37:02,291 - You know that very well. - de Schinkel. 665 01:37:02,457 --> 01:37:09,082 And if things go well you can have a tenth like the rest of us. 666 01:37:09,249 --> 01:37:13,082 You sit and insult me in my own home. 667 01:37:14,082 --> 01:37:16,999 You can forget it. Forget it! 668 01:37:26,041 --> 01:37:29,374 Mr. de Schinkel accepts your terms. 669 01:37:29,541 --> 01:37:34,457 He just needs to sleep on it. But we have a deal. 670 01:37:36,874 --> 01:37:38,957 For fuck's sake. 671 01:37:39,791 --> 01:37:42,957 He has killed an officer. An officer. 672 01:37:43,999 --> 01:37:49,624 In addition, he has managed to unite Jutland's most powerful landowners. 673 01:37:49,791 --> 01:37:54,666 Men who normally hate each other like the plague. In a united front. 674 01:37:54,832 --> 01:37:59,957 Against us! I'm not taking the case for him. I sure as hell won't. 675 01:38:00,124 --> 01:38:03,541 We agreed that Kahlen would not be up to the task. 676 01:38:03,707 --> 01:38:07,041 Maybe we should investigate what has happened. 677 01:38:07,207 --> 01:38:10,916 His Majesty was impressed by how far Kahlen had come. 678 01:38:11,082 --> 01:38:15,124 His Majesty doesn't know anything about who Kahlen is, you idiot. 679 01:38:15,291 --> 01:38:17,832 He is drunk around the clock. 680 01:38:17,999 --> 01:38:23,832 He doesn't care who's on the heath, as long as it's someone. 681 01:38:25,374 --> 01:38:29,457 If we say yes to the landlords' proposal, we condemn Kahlen. 682 01:38:29,666 --> 01:38:33,749 Without a trial, without hearing his side of the story. 683 01:38:33,916 --> 01:38:36,666 You still haven't understood it. 684 01:38:36,832 --> 01:38:41,041 When the king asks nothing has changed. 685 01:38:41,207 --> 01:38:44,666 The colony is still under construction. Everything is going according to plan. 686 01:38:44,832 --> 01:38:50,249 We cannot condemn a man who never existed. 687 01:39:27,124 --> 01:39:33,374 You are staying illegally on the land of Frederik de Schinkel! 688 01:39:33,541 --> 01:39:38,999 You must leave the area immediately and report to the Hald estate. 689 01:39:39,166 --> 01:39:43,874 - You have until tonight to pack. - Preisler! 690 01:39:44,041 --> 01:39:48,124 Get out of here! The colony is under the king's protection. 691 01:39:48,291 --> 01:39:53,207 Not anymore. The land now belongs to Mr. de Schinkel and his partner. 692 01:39:53,374 --> 01:39:58,374 The deed is signed and sealed by the King's Treasury. 693 01:40:17,999 --> 01:40:21,499 In the name of God, enough is enough! 694 01:40:21,666 --> 01:40:26,332 - I must ask you to leave the camp. - Don't interfere, Eklund. Go home. 695 01:40:26,499 --> 01:40:30,082 You have no authority whatsoever here, Preisler. 696 01:40:30,249 --> 01:40:33,374 You are employed by a private landowner. 697 01:40:33,541 --> 01:40:37,082 What do you think the authorities will say when they hear that you are a murderer? 698 01:40:37,249 --> 01:40:39,082 Anton, don't. 699 01:40:39,249 --> 01:40:43,874 That you rode in with a bunch of criminals and murdered innocent people. 700 01:40:44,041 --> 01:40:46,749 Shut up, Anton. Go home. 701 01:40:46,916 --> 01:40:50,916 The Treasury may not believe in a bunch of German farmers- 702 01:40:51,082 --> 01:40:55,416 -but I am a man of God and I guarantee you... 703 01:41:05,707 --> 01:41:07,416 Stop it! 704 01:41:27,457 --> 01:41:31,207 De Schinkel has taken over King's House. Out of the way. 705 01:41:31,374 --> 01:41:36,999 They have arrested Ludvig Kahlen. de Schinkel has taken over Kungenshus. 706 01:41:54,916 --> 01:41:57,374 Open the door! Let me out! 707 01:42:02,124 --> 01:42:07,249 Don't go out to him, miss. It only makes it worse for him. 708 01:42:17,957 --> 01:42:22,166 It's crazy that this is where we have ended up, Ludvig. 709 01:42:22,332 --> 01:42:25,707 It's completely unnecessary. 710 01:42:25,874 --> 01:42:31,166 Say it's my land, that it has always been my land- 711 01:42:31,332 --> 01:42:34,749 -and I will let you live. 712 01:42:34,916 --> 01:42:37,041 I promise you that. 713 01:42:41,499 --> 01:42:43,999 It's the king's land. 714 01:43:25,249 --> 01:43:29,291 Tell them that they can start boiling the water. 715 01:43:48,207 --> 01:43:51,832 - Lise. - Have you got work here again? 716 01:43:51,999 --> 01:43:56,374 The gentleman has asked for a glass of liqueur. Will you arrange it? 717 01:43:56,541 --> 01:43:59,041 What are you doing here? 718 01:44:13,957 --> 01:44:16,832 Let it cool down a bit. 719 01:44:19,207 --> 01:44:23,416 Lord, Miss Edel wishes to see you in your chamber. 720 01:44:24,416 --> 01:44:27,249 Now she wants to see me in my chamber. 721 01:44:27,416 --> 01:44:30,291 No, thank you. I will stay here. 722 01:44:30,457 --> 01:44:35,957 Miss said she wants to negotiate the terms of an engagement. 723 01:44:51,332 --> 01:44:57,041 You marry me and I will spare Kahlen's life. Is that how it is? 724 01:44:57,207 --> 01:44:59,082 Yes, it is. 725 01:45:00,374 --> 01:45:03,457 That is my only condition. 726 01:45:05,374 --> 01:45:10,999 You are a deceitful goose and one cannot trust a word out of your mouth... 727 01:45:11,166 --> 01:45:15,791 -but if you show me here and now that you mean what you say- 728 01:45:15,957 --> 01:45:21,999 -then I promise to let him out, and the court will decide his fate. 729 01:45:25,374 --> 01:45:27,957 Show you? 730 01:45:28,916 --> 01:45:32,332 Now stop it. You know very well what I mean. 731 01:45:43,999 --> 01:45:46,332 Right here on the floor? 732 01:45:47,457 --> 01:45:50,082 Or should we take to the bed? 733 01:45:50,291 --> 01:45:55,207 We can do whatever you want. We can also do both. 734 01:46:08,124 --> 01:46:12,291 I seem to have had a glass of wine too much. 735 01:46:27,249 --> 01:46:28,957 Phew...! 736 01:46:42,791 --> 01:46:45,249 Ann Barbara? 737 01:46:45,416 --> 01:46:47,832 You can't be in here. 738 01:46:47,999 --> 01:46:51,124 Get out! Guard! 739 01:46:57,874 --> 01:47:01,624 You will be hanged for this, you sow! 740 01:47:06,457 --> 01:47:09,249 No, no, don't...! 741 01:47:14,207 --> 01:47:16,749 This is for Johannes. 742 01:48:12,791 --> 01:48:17,207 - The lord of the manor is dead! - Ann Barbara has killed him! 743 01:49:11,707 --> 01:49:14,207 Sorry it took so long. 744 01:49:14,374 --> 01:49:18,499 I had to explain to The Treasury how everything was connected. 745 01:49:26,916 --> 01:49:29,416 The Germans have gone, Ludvig. 746 01:49:29,582 --> 01:49:33,874 Miss Edel has gone home to her family in Norway. 747 01:49:35,624 --> 01:49:39,457 You can keep King's House. But heaven knows- 748 01:49:39,624 --> 01:49:43,999 -if they ever send for new colonists. 749 01:49:47,499 --> 01:49:49,666 Ann Barbara? 750 01:49:52,166 --> 01:49:55,291 We won't see her again. 751 01:49:57,207 --> 01:50:00,624 She is in Aalborg prison for life. 752 01:50:00,791 --> 01:50:04,999 No visits. No chance to get out. 753 01:50:30,166 --> 01:50:34,416 Have you changed the water? Then go in and change the water! 754 01:50:57,166 --> 01:51:00,999 I need a strong worker in the house. 755 01:51:01,166 --> 01:51:07,207 Someone who is good with animals and has learned to how to write numbers in a surveyor's book. 756 01:51:07,374 --> 01:51:11,457 You don't know where I can find one of those, do you? 757 01:51:32,666 --> 01:51:35,749 I should not have sent you away. 758 01:51:35,916 --> 01:51:39,957 I promise never to let you down again. 759 01:51:40,957 --> 01:51:44,707 I promise to always take care of you. 760 01:52:00,416 --> 01:52:04,624 - When is she coming back? - She's not coming back. 761 01:52:04,791 --> 01:52:07,749 She is happy where she is now. 762 01:52:07,916 --> 01:52:11,707 I think she lives on the beach in a little house by the water- 763 01:52:11,874 --> 01:52:14,457 -as she has always said. 764 01:52:14,624 --> 01:52:18,582 If Gudbings is in heaven and the Germans are gone- 765 01:52:18,749 --> 01:52:22,374 -only you and I will be left, bettefar. 766 01:52:22,541 --> 01:52:25,707 But the two of us are on our own. What? 767 01:53:05,957 --> 01:53:09,332 41.18. 768 01:53:09,499 --> 01:53:12,166 16. 769 01:53:12,332 --> 01:53:17,332 I don't think it will rain anyway. We can let the goats out on the grass. 770 01:53:27,041 --> 01:53:31,874 Hey, guys. Do you need your windows fixed or have something replaced? 771 01:53:32,041 --> 01:53:35,291 No, we don't. We don't need anything. 772 01:53:37,666 --> 01:53:40,457 What about knives that need sharpening? 773 01:53:40,624 --> 01:53:44,624 We need five new windows and have a box of knives to be sharpened... 774 01:53:44,791 --> 01:53:49,166 -and the barn must be sealed for the winter and the well needs new stones. 775 01:53:49,332 --> 01:53:52,707 - She's a quant fant, isn't she? - Stop! 776 01:53:56,249 --> 01:54:00,916 - And you are a quant bings. - Are you a gypsy? 777 01:54:03,999 --> 01:54:06,082 Anmai Mus? 778 01:54:16,999 --> 01:54:19,749 Yes, further down. Yes, further down. 779 01:54:19,916 --> 01:54:22,916 Yes, move your fingers. Yes, yes. 780 01:54:36,666 --> 01:54:41,582 Ludvig von Kahlen, we have the honor... to give you this official decree on- 781 01:54:41,749 --> 01:54:46,332 -that you, as agreed with The Treasury, be granted the title of county baron- 782 01:54:46,499 --> 01:54:51,707 -with associated land use rights and 20 years of tax exemption. 783 01:54:51,874 --> 01:54:55,916 Your apanage will take effect when the colony is completed. 784 01:54:56,082 --> 01:55:01,457 - Yes, it is 2000 shillings annually. - The colony? 785 01:55:01,624 --> 01:55:05,999 Yes, it is. We are sending out for 400 colonists this spring. 786 01:55:07,166 --> 01:55:09,832 They will be busy enough. 787 01:55:12,582 --> 01:55:17,124 Can we congratulate you, von Kahlen? 788 01:55:21,082 --> 01:55:23,791 This is a huge achievement. 789 01:55:29,582 --> 01:55:34,166 I finally got them sent off. I have never seen two grown men- 790 01:55:34,332 --> 01:55:38,332 -be so engrossed by a potato plant. Snaps! 791 01:55:39,374 --> 01:55:44,207 - How are the hemorrhoids doing? - I don't talk about them anymore. 792 01:55:44,374 --> 01:55:49,124 People still don't understand the pain that I go through. 793 01:56:12,332 --> 01:56:17,749 You have received another rejection to have Ann Barbara's sentence shortened. 794 01:56:23,666 --> 01:56:26,874 Unfortunately, I have more bad news. 795 01:56:27,041 --> 01:56:32,957 The female prisoners in Aalborg will be sent to the Stockade slave camp in Copenhagen. 796 01:56:33,124 --> 01:56:35,624 Ann Barbara too. 797 01:56:38,124 --> 01:56:43,124 You know as well as I do what slavery means. 798 01:56:43,291 --> 01:56:46,666 Those poor people don't live long. 799 01:56:47,541 --> 01:56:51,249 I am sorry that I had to tell you this. 800 01:57:06,457 --> 01:57:10,124 Can I have the bottle for the return journey? 801 01:57:15,957 --> 01:57:21,499 Things rarely turn out the way we imagined them, Ludvig. 802 01:59:26,166 --> 01:59:28,957 Thanks for everything, bettefar. 803 02:01:50,416 --> 02:01:55,999 Ludvig Kahlen left the heath in 1763 804 02:01:56,166 --> 02:02:05,166 His noble title was annulled