Hellen
I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Matcollis
This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Develiker
terrible... so disappointed.
Phillipa
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
fredtee
The Germans took an eye, whereas the Danes took a nose. Germans, young and old, got killed by land mines laid by Germans. What do you expect, have Danes get killed by land mines laid by Germans?The Danish sargeant does a lot of yelling and some face slapping, and Danish soldiers urinate on a German soldier. So? What do you expect? I did not see a Dane shoot a German in this movie. Time to pickup a copy of Schindler's list, just to compare.Sorry, but the sound of trains carrying millions to gas chambers and concentration camps will take a thousand years to quiet.The only good Nazi is a dead Nazi...and plenty of Germans were Nazis.Please, do not give me the "get over it, forgive and forget" crap.
billcr12
This was one of the nominees for the best foreign language films at the 2017 Oscars. I would have picked it or A Man Called Ove from Sweden. The Salesman won and I was not crazy about it. Land of Mine is what the title implies, and that is the 1.5 million land mines left in Denmark by the occupying German army from 1941-1945. German soldiers were forced to remove the mines, leading to numerous injuries and deaths. Some of the soldiers were teenagers and it is heartbreaking to watch these kids become the pawns of war. The sins of the older men who took their nations to war is what makes this at thinking person's movie. The boys had no responsibility for the atrocities committed by their leaders and yet they were the one who paid the highest price. They crawl on their hands and knees as they attempt to diffuse the mines from the beach. as expected, mistakes are made and innocent children die for no good reason. Land of Mine is one great movie.
SnoopyStyle
It's 1945 Denmark after the war. Bitter Danish sergeant Carl Rasmussen berates German POWs. He is given a group of German teen POWs to clear a stretch of mined beach. He cares little for their comfort or even their safety. Soon, the boys are injured and even dying as they starve without food. There is a woman farmer nearby with her daughter. The boys steal feed from the farm but are poisoned by rat droppings.This is definitely a lesser done war movie. Few would make a movie about after the war unless it is the soldiers dealing with the return home. It has a matter-of-fact darkness. It is brutal in a depressing way. The drawback is the failure to accentuate one boy among the group. It would be better to center the movie around one of the POWs, probably Sebastian. It becomes a generalized sadness with human compassion short on supply. When Rasmussen starts to change, it never achieves full hopefulness and I would be perfectly happy without the final redemption.
kgratton
This is a terrific film, albeit a bleak one, overall. The tone is set by the landscape and the cinematography, yet this windswept coastline and the farmland make for eerily beautiful scenery. Anyone who has ever completed recruit training will well understand the awesome authority an NCO wields. And in this case, the NCO definitely isn't on the same side as his 'recruits'. Carl, the Sergeant ('Feldwebel') wears British Army uniform that clearly marks him as someone who fought during the war with a parachute regiment. He has some anger management issues too. He's not someone to be messed with, in other words. And he's pretty handy with his fists, just in case the message was too subtle. Yet Carl's basic humanity shines through by the end of the film. As for the rest of the cast, all the characters are sympathetic and played for maximum intensity and realism. Much like the mines their characters are defusing, there's not a dud among them.