A War

2015
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Title: A War

Original Title: Krigen

Year: 2015

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: January 08 2016
  • United States: April 08 2015

Plot

Directed by Tobias Lindholm and starring one of the most recognized faces of Denmark, Pilou Asbæk, this film was selected by the Danish Film Academy to represent the country at the 88th edition of the Academy Awards. The commander Pedersen has a great moral and professional dilemma. It is stationed in Afghanistan, where every day sees consequences of war. He's tired with his service, he is torn between severe military regulations, the responsibility for his team and Afghan civilians who trust in him and his desire to return home and perform their work as a parent with his wife and three children . It will not be easy, because if waiver would face severe disciplinary board. Moral values and dilemmas in this war drama in which the human part is what's reflected.

Awards

  • 2016 Academy Awards (Oscars): 1 0

Cast

Director:

Tobias LindholmTobias Lindholm

Pilou Asbæk

Pilou Asbæk

Claus Michael Pedersen

Tuva Novotny

Tuva Novotny

Maria Pedersen

Dar Salim

Dar Salim

Najib Bisma

Søren Malling

Søren Malling

Martin R. Olsen

Charlotte Munck

Charlotte Munck

Lisbeth Danning

Videos

'A War (Krigen)' Official Trailer 2:25

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Trivia

Soldiers in the real life

Four of the soldiers that we can see in the movie are Danish soldiers that they are in Afghanistan in the real life

Again

This is the fourth time in which Pilou Asbæk perfoms to a soldier in a movie

Meeting again

'A War' is the fourth movie in which the actor Pilou Asbæk and the director Tobias Lindholm work together

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