With minimal training, they are sent to locate and disarm some of the hidden two million mines that lie on beaches along Denmark’s west coast. A group of German prisoners of war, most barely out of their teens, are put to work by their Allied captors. It has been a few weeks since I viewed Land of Mine but images have stayed with me.Ī story about removal of land mines is unlikely to be easy viewing but what resonated was the sweet look of determination on one man’s face, when he knew he was likely to die if he took another step, but he took it anyway.īased on true events, the story opens following the surrender of Germany in May 1945.
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