Movie; " Land of Mine"

[Robert Shoaf]

Viewed the movie "Under Sandet" ( Land of Mine) on YouTube last evening, and I thought it was well done.
It's a Danish produced film about German POW's being compelled to remove the vast number of land mines that were planted on Denmark's west coast during the war.
The inevitable happens to a number of the POW'S; either death, or massive wounds.
It's a harrowing, rather depressing movie, but compelling, and very well filmed.
Might not be a good choice to watch if you are feeling down, but, otherwise, I recommend it.

Bob Shoaf

[Willi Z.]

Thanks Bob, I never heard of it even though it won numerous international awards. Just watched the trailer. Doesn't appear to be playing in the US anywhere, like most good foreign films.

[Lutfen]

It's a very tense, but satisfying, movie. There's some more discussion here:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ghlight=sandet

Oddly, although I have it on DVD it's only just come out at my local cinema. I'm going to try the big-screen experience on Monday.

Michael

[Ostprussenmann]

It's a very tense, but satisfying, movie. There's some more discussion here:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ghlight=sandet

Oddly, although I have it on DVD it's only just come out at my local cinema. I'm going to try the big-screen experience on Monday.

Michael

I saw this movie on Amazon Prime. It was awesome, and sad. The Norwegian Para NCO was quite an interesting character. I ended up liking him.

[stonemint]

I found the characters to be a lot more compelling than those in "Dunkirk."

[Dr Bison]

I saw this movie on Amazon Prime. It was awesome, and sad. The Norwegian Para NCO was quite an interesting character. I ended up liking him.

...it's actually a Danish Para NCO...

And it is a fantastic film. If you watch the DVD, check out the interviews with the young actors. Very interesting, some of them.

Karl

[Marcel Banziger]

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ight=land+mine

Great movie!!

[Reichsword]

just watched last night on U TUBE, really good film. Beats the hell out of Dunkirk.

[eubank]

Just read a review of it by coincidence, then spotted this. Sounds like a good film, very interesting concept. Is it based on some memoirs, or family connection with the director/producer I wonder...

[jackboot]

My wife and I watched Land Of Mine and thought it was a good movie. Better also than Dunkirk which I was a little dissapointed in. Also just watched the movie "The USS Indianapolis" with some of the filming in Mobile Alabama ( near where I live ) and on the USS Alabama battleship on display here.
The USS Indianapolis was a heavy cruiser of the US Navy that was sunk by a Japanese Sub in 1945. It was four days before the survivors were rescued. There were 1,196 crewmen on board and only 317 survived. It was the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the US Navy. The Captain Charles B. McVay was court-martialed and convicted of hazarding his ship for failing to zig-zag. Though the Japanese Sub Captain said it would have made no difference. In 1996 a sixth grade student doing a research on the sinking led to a Congressional investigation that in Oct 2000 resulted in Captain McVay being exonerated for the ships loss. Captain McVay had committed suicide in 1968 using his Navy Issued revolver. Jackboot

[Br. James]

Just saw "Land of Mine" -- a friend gave it to me on disc, as it's not to be found here. It is very touching and deeply human. It reminded me of the true cost of war, and what we go through in order to pay that price. I am so pleased to have seen "Land of Mine."

As for comparing it with "Dunkirk," which I've also seen, I think both films highlight realities of warfare: "Land of Mine" reminds us how deeply we all pay for the privilege of warfare, while "Dunkirk" provides glimpses of how we treat even our allies in the heat of battle -- here I refer to the scenes on the beach when the French soldiers are turned away from the opportunity to escape the German POW camps in order to give the British soldiers an advantage in boarding rescue boats; and when the British naval officer in charge of overseeing the loading of the evacuation ships (Kenneth Branagh) explains to another officer that only one Royal Navy ship will be sent at a time, in order to preserve as many ships as possible against the coming German invasion. Two very human scenes that illustrate the cost of peace.

Br. James