

Title: A War
Original Title: Krigen
Year: 2015
Info
- Country: Denmark
- Length: 115 Minutes (1 hour 55 min)
- Genre: Drama War
- Studios: Nordisk Film
- Distributor: Abordar - Casa de Películas
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
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
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Videos

'A War (Krigen)' Official Trailer
November 30 2015
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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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