
Land of Mine
2015 · Movie · R · 100 min · ★ 7.8 · 83% critics
Right after World War II ends, a group of teenage German prisoners is sent to Denmark’s west coast and forced to clear vast minefields by hand. Under the harsh command of a Danish sergeant and surrounded by hostility, they face constant danger as survival, guilt, and basic humanity collide on the beach.
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Details
- Original title
- Under sandet
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-12-03
- Language
- Danish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (1,472 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, emotionally heavy WWII aftermath drama that challenges easy ideas of heroes and villains; Not for you if you avoid disturbing, sad stories or graphic peril, like in All Quiet on the Western Front.
Pros: relentless suspense; emotional moral complexity; strong performances | Cons: very bleak subject; some predictability; harsh violence
Themes
- beach
- prisoner of war
- post world war ii
- land mine
- 1940s
- minefield
- sudden death
- boy soldier
- meager rations
Awards & recognition
- Bodil Award — Best Danish Film · 2016
- Dragon Award Best Nordic Film · 2016
- European Film Award — Best Hair and Makeup Artist · 2016
- European Film Award — Best Costume Designer · 2016
- European Film Award — Best Cinematographer · 2016
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- IFFR audience award · 2016
- Robert Award — Best Danish Film · 2016
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 2017 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2017 · nominated
Cast & crew

Roland Møller
as Sgt. Carl Rasmussen

Louis Hofmann
as Sebastian Schumann

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
as Lt. Ebbe Jensen

Joel Basman
as Helmut Morbach

Laura Bro
as Karin

Oskar Bökelmann
as Ludwig Haffke

Emil Belton
as Ernst Lessner

Oskar Belton
as Werner Lessner

Leon Seidel
as Wilhelm Hahn

Karl Alexander Seidel
as Manfred
Directed by Martin Zandvliet