'' Land of Mine '' ( ) is a 2015 Danish-German historical drama war film directed by Martin Zandvliet . It was shown in the Platform section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival . It was selected and nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards . The film is inspired by real events and tells the story of German prisoners of war sent to clear land mines in Denmark after World War II . It is estimated that over two thousand German soldiers , including numerous teenagers , under the command of German Officers but against the regulations of the Geneva Conventions , removed mines , with nearly half of them either getting killed or being wounded . The removal was part of a controversial agreement between the German Commander General Georg Lindemann , the Danish Government and the British Armed Forces , under which German soldiers with experience in defusing mines would be in charge of clearing the mine fields . Historians have criticised the film for showing German soldiers clearing mines under the command of Danish officers , which never happened
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Land of Mine