Simon Bennebjerg

Karen Blixen meets the 29 year old poet Thorkild Bjørnvig. Together they make a pact: She will make him a great artist, in return he promises unconditional loyalty. No matter the price.

In 18th-century Denmark, a war hero sets out to tame a vast land that's under the rule of Frederik De Schinkel, a merciless nobleman. As a new community settles in, De Schinkel swears vengeance, leading to a violent and intense confrontation.