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Land of Mine
2015
· Movie
· 100 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #506
- IMDb #627
- Google retired #515
- Rotten Tomatoes #558
- Metacritic #1004
- Letterboxd #529
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #913
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #711
- Metacritic Critics #1043
- Metacritic Audience #1106
- Criticker #418
- Kinopoisk #707
- AlloCiné #271
- Trakt #523
Every rating
66–94
out of 100
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a group of young German prisoners of war are forced into a deadly task by their Danish captors. They must defuse and clear the thousands of land mines buried along the Danish coast, a brutal and terrifying form of punishment that highlights the lingering cost of war.
Details
- Director
- Martin Zandvliet
- Writer
- Martin Zandvliet
- Released
- 3 December 2015
- Country
- Germany, Denmark
- Language
- German, Danish, English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.1M
- Awards
- 16 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 23 →16 wins from 23 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2017 | Best Foreign Language Film | Land of Mine | Nominee |
| Australian Film Critics Association 2018 | Best International Film (Foreign Language) | Land of Mine | Nominee |
| AFI Fest 2016 | World Cinema Audience Award | Land of Mine | Winner |
| Bodil Awards 2016 | Best Danish Film | Land of Mine | Winner |
| Bodil Awards 2016 | Best Supporting Actor | Louis Hofmann | Winner |
| Bodil Awards 2016 | Best Actor | Roland Møller | Winner |
| European Film Awards 2016 | Best Hair and Make-up | Barbara Kreuzer | Winner |
| European Film Awards 2016 | Best Cinematographer | Camilla Hjelm Knudsen | Winner |
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Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Land of Mine | Nominee |
Bodil Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Roland Møller | Winner |
| Best Danish Film | Land of Mine | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Louis Hofmann | Winner |
European Film Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematographer | Camilla Hjelm Knudsen | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Stefanie Bieker | Winner |
| Best Hair and Make-up | Barbara Kreuzer | Winner |
Miskolc International Film Festival
3 nominations, 3 won
| Adolph Zukor Prize | Land of Mine | Winner |
| International Ecumenical Award | Land of Mine | Winner |
| International Federation of Film Critics Award | Land of Mine | Winner |
Rotterdam International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| MovieZone Award | Land of Mine | Winner |
| Warsteiner Audience Award | Land of Mine | Winner |
Tokyo International Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor Award | Roland Møller & Louis Hofmann | Winner |
| Tokyo Grand Prix | Land of Mine | Nominee |
AFI Fest
1 nomination, 1 won
| World Cinema Audience Award | Land of Mine | Winner |
Gijón International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Land of Mine | Winner |
Gothenburg Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Nordic Film | Land of Mine | Winner |
Hong Kong International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| SIGNIS Awards | Land of Mine | Winner |
Australian Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best International Film (Foreign Language) | Land of Mine | Nominee |
Hamburg Film Festival
1 nomination
| Art Cinema Award | Land of Mine | Nominee |
Nordic Council
1 nomination
| Nordic Council Film Prize | Land of Mine | Nominee |
Sydney Film Festival
1 nomination
| Sydney Film Prize | Land of Mine | Nominee |
Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Platform Prize | Land of Mine | Nominee |