Land of mine historical accuracy10/21/2023 The coastline wasn't declared officially safe until 2012.īut it's the immediate aftermath of the war that interests writer-director Martin Zandvliet. Perhaps the strategy worked, since American and British forces landed miles away in Normandy on D-Day, but it left Denmark with a booby trapped west coast, and a logistical problem of staggering proportions. The World War II drama, Land of Mine, has what sounds like the season's proudest, most patriotic title, but it's actually a dark pun - a reference to the more than one million land mines the Nazis buried on the Danish coastline, hoping to deter an Allied invasion. Louis Hofmann (left) and Roland Møller (right) in Land of Mine.Ĭamilla Hjelm Knudsen/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
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