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.
"They survived the second World War, now they must survive the cleanup"
Top Billed Cast
Roland Møller
Sgt. Carl Rasmussen
Louis Hofmann
Sebastian Schumann
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Lt. Ebbe Jensen
Joel Basman
Helmut Morbach
Laura Bro
Karin
Oskar Bökelmann
Ludwig Haffke
Emil Belton
Ernst Lessner
Oskar Belton
Werner Lessner
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
R RenoVerified TMDB Critic
2016-09-01
> Teen POWs in the post WWII Denmark.
A Danish war-drama that was inspired by the historical account, but all the characters were fictional. Remember this title for another six month, because I am confident this film will make a journey to the west coast of the USA to compete at the 89th Academy Awards in the coming February. I have seen many foreign films, but I'm not this much positive for any others. If this film fails to make, then that would be a great disappointment despite having no idea of what are the other four films. So this is just for now, my stance may change later.
Anyway,...
T tmdb28039023Verified TMDB Critic
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...
