Land of Mine (2016) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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After Nazi Germany's surrender in 1945, The Allies in Denmark put their German POWs to work removing over 1.5 million of their own landmines from the Danish west coast. Almost half of them were either severely injured or killed in the process. The film begins with a group of POWs arriving at the sea

Cast & Crew

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Martin Zandvliet

Oskar Belton

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Laura Bro

Emil Belton

Joel Basman

Film Details

Also Known As

Land Of Mine - Under Sandet, Land of mine. Bajo la arena, Les oubliés, Under Sanden, Under sandet, oubliés

MPAA Rating

Genre

Drama

Foreign

Period

War

Release Date

2016

Production Company

K5 Media Group GmbH ; K5 Media Group GmbH ; Nordisk Film ; Sony Pictures Classics ; Wme Entertainment

Distribution Company

MONGREL MEDIA/M+TROPOLE FILMS DISTRIBUTION/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS; A Contracorriente Films ; Atlantic Film ; Bac Films Distribution ; Falcon Films ; K5 Media Group GmbH ; Kino Films ; Kino International ; Metrodome Distribution ; Mongrel Media ; Mongrel Media ; Métropole Films Distribution ; Métropole Films Distribution ; Nordisk Film ; Palace Films ; Paradiso Entertainment ; Sherlock Films ; Sony Pictures Classics ; Thunderbird Releasing ; Tour De Force (Tdf)

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 41m

Synopsis

After Nazi Germany's surrender in 1945, The Allies in Denmark put their German POWs to work removing over 1.5 million of their own landmines from the Danish west coast. Almost half of them were either severely injured or killed in the process. The film begins with a group of POWs arriving at the seashore where they are met by Danish Army Sergeant Rasmussen. Rasmussen is intent on punishing the soldiers, sending them out every day on their dangerous task, but eventually he becomes conflicted about his job.

Director

Martin Zandvliet

Cast

Oskar Belton

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Laura Bro

Emil Belton

Joel Basman

Louis Hofmann

Roland Moller

Crew

Simone Bär

Casting Director

Daniel Baur

Executive Producer

Stefanie Bieker

Costume Designer

Johannes Elling Dam

Malte Grunert

Lena Haugaard

Executive Producer

Camilla Hjelm

Camilla Hjelm

Director Of Photography

Rasmus Winther Jensen

Stefan Kapelari

Executive Producer

Torben Majgaard

Executive Producer

Gitte Malling

Production Designer

Sune Martin

Mikael Rieks

Per Sandholt

Oliver Simon

Executive Producer

Molly Marlene Stensgaard

Molly Malene Stensgaard

Silke Wilfinger

Executive Producer

Martin Zandvliet

Henrik Zein

Executive Producer

Film Details

Also Known As

Land Of Mine - Under Sandet, Land of mine. Bajo la arena, Les oubliés, Under Sanden, Under sandet, oubliés

MPAA Rating

Genre

Drama

Foreign

Period

War

Release Date

2016

Production Company

K5 Media Group GmbH ; K5 Media Group GmbH ; Nordisk Film ; Sony Pictures Classics ; Wme Entertainment

Distribution Company

MONGREL MEDIA/M+TROPOLE FILMS DISTRIBUTION/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS; A Contracorriente Films ; Atlantic Film ; Bac Films Distribution ; Falcon Films ; K5 Media Group GmbH ; Kino Films ; Kino International ; Metrodome Distribution ; Mongrel Media ; Mongrel Media ; Métropole Films Distribution ; Métropole Films Distribution ; Nordisk Film ; Palace Films ; Paradiso Entertainment ; Sherlock Films ; Sony Pictures Classics ; Thunderbird Releasing ; Tour De Force (Tdf)

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 41m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2016

Released in United States 2017

Released in United States 2017 (Awards Buzz-Best Foreign Language Film)

Released in United States February 10, 2017

Released in United States February 10, 2017

Released in United States 2016 (Spotlight)

Released in United States 2016 (World Cinema)

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