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:
Sgt. Carl Rasmussen
Ebbe Jensen
Karin
Sebastian Schumann
Helmut Morbach
Ludwig Haffke
Videos
March 24 2016
Photos
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.
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
Locations
The film was shot at historically authentic locations, including in Oksbøllejren and areas in Varde.
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