![]() ![]() The main character is Danish Sergeant Rasmussen ( Roland Moller), who is assigned to train and oversee the German prisoners. American audiences should respond.Īfter the official end of the war in May 1945, German POWs in Denmark were put to work on a deadly task - defusing more than 2 million German land mines that had been set along the country’s west coast, perhaps in the mistaken idea that this was where the Allied invasion of Europe would occur. ![]() The film works as a moving antiwar essay and as a gripping thriller. Land of Mine, based on a true but not well-known part of history, rediscovers the past and brings it to life with remarkable assurance. At this point it might seem hard to find a World War II story that hasn’t been told, but Danish director Martin Zandvliet has come up with a fresh and compelling approach to this well-traveled territory.
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