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Land of Mine

Under sandet

2015

In the days after Germany's 1945 surrender, a group of young German POWs is forced to clear tens of thousands of landmines from the Danish coast by hand under a stern sergeant, a task as deadly as it is cruel. A tense, morally searching war drama.

Why it’s here

Martin Zandvliet’s tense postwar drama confronts a difficult episode on Denmark’s western coast.

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