Land of Mine

2015
7.6
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Title: Land of Mine

Original Title: Under Sandet

Year: 2015

Info

  • Country: Denmark Germany
  • Length: 100 Minutes (1 hour 40 min)
  • Budget: €435
  • Genre: Drama History War
  • Studios: Nordisk Film
  • Distributor: Sherlock Films
  • Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)

Release Dates

  • UK: August 04 2017

Plot

Martin Zandvliet brings a new perspective on the events after the Second World War. The director wanted to tell a story in which the protagonists are the soldiers and where there is talks about the consequences that occurred after the signing of the Treaties of Peace. In 1945, after Germany surrendered and to sign peace, the II World War did not end for German soldiers, especially for young people. In the Danish west coast , they were forced to withdraw thousands of mines from the sand , did it by the Nazi army. The soldiers will have to work long hours without rest, in many cases, they was abused and treated as traitors of the nation, having to support the abuses of power, beatings, fights and scorn from the winners.

Awards

  • 2017 Academy Awards (Oscars): 1 0

Cast

Director:

Martin ZandvlietMartin Zandvliet

Roland Møller

Roland Møller

Sgt. Carl Rasmussen

Louis Hofmann

Louis Hofmann

Sebastian Schumann

Joel Basman

Joel Basman

Helmut Morbach

Oskar Bökelmann

Oskar Bökelmann

Ludwig Haffke

Videos

'Land of Mine' Trailer 4:08

'Land of Mine' Trailer

March 24 2016

Photos

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Trivia

Children

The use of German children for post WW2 mine sweeping has by many historian been declared as the worst case of war crimes ever conducted by the Danish state.

Locations

The film was shot at historically authentic locations, including in Oksbøllejren and areas in Varde.

Cleanup

In the movie the Danish Sgt. Rasmussen lead the mine clearing operation. In real life these missions were controlled by the British forces, but with German Officers in command of each team

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