Land of mine

It was selected and nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards. The film is inspired by real events and . GafFkkl0xtLignende 4. Watch the official UK trailer for LAND OF MINE , an unforgettable story based on extraordinary true events. This well-made Danish film dramatises a grim episode at the end of the second world war, when teenage German PoWs were forced into mine -clearance work. The defeated German occupiers have retreated but have left a cruel parting gift – the beaches of the west coast of Denmark are studded with more than a million landmines. The British and Danish come up with a plan: use German prisoners of war, many of them teenage boys, to clear the . In the aftermath of World War II, a group of surrendered German soldiers are ordered by Allied forces to remove their own landmines from the coast of Denmark.

With little or no training, the boys soon discover . Danish historical drama written and directed by Martin Zandvliet. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Coming soon to a theatre near you!

Land of Mine (Under Sandet) opening Soon. See it at your local Regal Cinema, Edwards or United Artists Theatre. Get the latest updates, photos and videos for the 89th Academy Awards. Wonderfully tense and compassionate. Garry Maddox, THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD.

A tense, compact drama about the way war undermines our sense of humanity. The characters are skilfully delineated and the acting is first-class. John McDonal THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW. Slik reagerte publikum på Norske Byggeklosser: - Jævlig bra! Few films detail the immediate aftermath of conflict and occupation from the Second World War.

As World War Two comes to an en a group of German POWs, boys rather than men, are captured by the Danish army and forced to engage in a deadly task - to defuse and clear land mines from the Danish coastline. After six years of war and terror the lines between right and wrong had been eradicated. In the days following the surrender of Nazi Germany in May . This film has been classified 15A. The setting is Denmark in the . Two thousand German soldiers were forced to remove mines. Many of them were teenagers.

Half lost their lives or limbs. The message is both timely and timeless. You serve one purpose here. An Oscar-nominated film explores possible war crimes in the country after World War II.

What were they thinking? On a cold and barren beach, fourteen boys are put under the command of Sergeant Carl Rasmussen, a tough and bitter Danish officer . It concerns German prisoners of war .