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- BFI identifierN-615224
- Date2015 (Copyright)
- Production countryDenmark, Germany
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- SynopsisIn Denmark at the end of the Second World War young German prisoners-of-war are forced to engage in landmine clearing on the beaches. They are supervised by a Danish sergeant who begins despising the young men but comes to find respect and sympathy for them. (Synopsis) When Denmark was liberated at the end of the Second World War, over one and a half million unexploded landmines remained buried on its beaches. The Danish and UK governments took the questionable decision to task German prisoners of war with their removal. In Land of Mine writer/director Martin Zandvliet (Applause, LFF2009) explores moral responsibility in the aftermath of war through the story of a group of very young mine-clearing POWs under the supervision of a violently embittered Danish sergeant (Roland Møller, in a breakout performance). Brutal, believable and punctuated with gallows humour, this at times harrowing film focuses on the personal impact of policies of retribution and sensitively probes how reconciliation may (or may not) occur. Camilla Hjelm's breathtaking cinematography ratchets up the tension by juxtaposing the apparent calmness of long stretching beaches with the knowledge of what lies beneath. (Synopsis)
- Work historyAt the end of the film credits the film title appears in Danish, English and German: Under Sandet Land of Mine Unter Dem Sand
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- CastEmil Belton (Ernst Lessner)
Roland Møller (Carl Leopold Rasmussen)
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (Lt. Ebbe Jensen)
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Title
Under sandet (Original)
Land of Mine (Alternative)
Unter Dem Sand (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/B8FE-1AE5-FEB4-6DFF-D85B-HCategory
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