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03/12/2015 War, Drama, History 1h 40m
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They survived the second World War, now they must survive the cleanup

Overview

In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.

  1. Martin Zandvliet

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Roland Møller

    Sgt. Carl Rasmussen

  2. Louis Hofmann

    Sebastian Schumann

  3. Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

    Lt. Ebbe Jensen

  4. Joel Basman

    Helmut Morbach

  5. Laura Bro

    Karin

  6. Oskar Bökelmann

    Ludwig Haffke

  7. Emil Belton

    Ernst Lessner

  8. Oskar Belton

    Werner Lessner

  9. Leon Seidel

    Wilhelm Hahn

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-09-05
There are myriad movies about World War II, but never have I encountered one able to generate such sympathy for German soldiers and contempt for non-Teutonic Europeans as Under Sandet does.

The film tells the story of German POWs who were ordered to clear landmines in Denmark after the war. These are not your stereotypically evil Nazi officers, but pubescent foot soldiers — if they seem like scared little children, it’s because they pretty much are.

The locals, military and civilian alike, treat the Germans like a bunch of red-headed stepsons — completely disposable, forced to 'p...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Danish

Budget
$5,070,773.00

Revenue
$0.00

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