Directed by:
Martin ZandvlietScreenplay:
Martin ZandvlietCinematography:
Camilla Hjelm KnudsenComposer:
Sune MartinCast:
Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Laura Bro, Zoe Zandvliet, Mads Riisom, Oskar Bökelmann, Emil Belton, Oskar Belton, Leon Seidel (more)Plots(1)
The drama follows a group of captured soldiers in Denmark in the immediate aftermath of WWII. After the Nazi surrender in May 1945, a unit of young Germans – most barely out of their teens – are put to work by their Allied captors. With minimal training, they are placed under the supervision of a righteous and embittered Danish sergeant, Rasmussen (played by the superb Roland Møller, A Hijacking), and sent to locate and disarm Hitler's munitions that still litter the beaches along Denmark's west coast. Scornful of the Germans for their five-year occupation of his country, the sergeant marches the boys out to the pristine dunes each day to perform this risky task. Yet as the days advance and he gets to know his young charges, especially the protective and pragmatic Sebastian (Louis Hofmann), Rasmussen grows more and more conflicted in his feelings, when compassion is the last thing his superiors wish to see extended...Stories of conflict and its repercussions abound in cinema, but few have so eloquently focussed on the human connection between conflict's 'winners' and the vanquished, and the emotional impact of occupation and nationalism. (Madman Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2017 - Martin Zandvliet (Best Foreign Language Film)
European Film Awards
- 2016 - Camilla Hjelm Knudsen (Best Cinematographer)
- 2016 - Stefanie Bieker (Best Costume Designer)
- 2016 - Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2016 - Malte Grunert, Martin Zandvliet, Mikael Chr. Rieks (Best Danish Film)
- 2016 - Martin Zandvliet (Best Director)
- 2016 - Martin Zandvliet (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2016 - Camilla Hjelm Knudsen (Best Cinematography)
- 2016 - Molly Malene Stensgaard, Per Sandholt (Best Editing)
- 2016 - Martin Zandvliet, Mikael Chr. Rieks (Audience Award)
- 2016 - Roland Møller (Best Actor in a Leading Role)
- 2016 - Louis Hofmann (Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 2016 - Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (Best Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 2016 - Gitte Malling (Best Production Design)
- 2016 - Stefanie Bieker (Best Costume Design)
- 2016 - Barbara Kreuzer (Best Make-Up)
- 2016 - Sune Martin (Best Score)
- 2016 - Rasmus Winther Jensen (Best Sound)
Toronto International Film Festival
- 2015 - Martin Zandvliet (Platform Prize)
Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF)
- 2016 - Martin Zandvliet (SIGNIS Award)