Land of Mine Land of Mine Louis Hofmann and Roland Møller seated
World War II was humanity's darkest hour. On-screen, there are hundreds of movies with varying depictions that have been made about the war. Steven Spielberg went for large-scale battles in the blockbuster Saving Private Ryan, showing us heroism and how our sophisticated civilization came to haunt us. Roman Polanski's Oscar winner The Pianist chose to personalize the horrors of the war, particularly the Holocaust. However, not every story has been told.
✕ Remove Ads Set against this background, Zandvliet's Land of Mine follows the fate of fourteen young German POWs, most of them teenagers, who find themselves in that precarious landmine-clearing situation under a brutal Danish army sergeant, Rasmussen . Sergeant Rasmussen's rage and vengeance against the Germans is palpable straight from the opening scene in which he headbutts and savagely pummels one of the haggard, departing German soldiers.
Apart from the psychological intensity, the ever-present literal threat of an explosion in Land of Mine is hard to ignore. Zandvliet's direction that raises tension over this is laudable. For instance, from the very beginning, before heading to the coastal landmines, the young soldiers' newly acquired skills are put to the test when they are presented with real UXOs to defuse. One by one, Zandvliet makes them enter the chamber that has the bombs they are tasked with defusing.
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