A was
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A was |
| Original title | Krigen |
| Country of production | Denmark |
| original language | Danish |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tobias Lindholm |
| script | Tobias Lindholm |
| production |
Rene Ezra , Tomas Radoor |
| music | Sune Wagner |
| camera | Magnus Nordenhof Jønck |
| cut | Adam Nielsen |
| occupation | |
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A War (Original title: Krigen ) is a Danish war drama by the director Tobias Lindholm from 2015 with Pilou Asbæk in the lead role. It tells the story of a Danish military unit in Afghanistan that is ambushed by the Taliban . The film was submitted as a Danish entry for the Oscar for best foreign language film and was nominated for the 2016 Academy Awards in the aforementioned category and was awarded the Peace Prize of German Film - Die Brücke in 2016.
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The Danish officer Claus Pedersen commands a unit in Afghanistan. His unit moves out every day to protect the local population from mines and the Taliban. This task leads the soldiers to the limit of their physical and nervous strength. That's why Pedersen goes on patrol with his soldiers more often than usual. At the same time, the story of Pedersen's family in Denmark is told. The middle of his three children in particular suffers from his absence and becomes behaviorally abnormal, which is another stress test for those involved. In Afghanistan, Pedersen and a handful of his men are ambushed by the Taliban and are shot at from different sides in a courtyard. A Danish soldier is seriously injured. None of the Danes can locate the enemy. Even so, Pedersen calls for an air strike that kills 11 civilians. For this, Pedersen is brought to court in Denmark. His wife encouraged him to lie at the trial and claim that he knew that the soldiers were being shot at from the area where the bombs were later dropped. Pedersen should not think of the eight Afghan children killed, but of his three Danish children who, if convicted, would have to do without their father for four years. Pedersen wrestles with himself, but then claims that someone - he doesn't remember who - told him where they were being shot at. The prosecutor doesn't believe him. As one of the last witnesses, Pedersen's radio operator testifies and claims that he saw muzzle flashes from the corresponding direction. Thereupon Pedersen is acquitted, but continues to struggle with the contradiction between the protection order for the Afghan civilian population and the responsibility for the survival of his own comrades.
Web links
- A War in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Krigen on dfi.dk in the Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish)
- Krigen on danskefilm.dk in the Dansk Film Database (Danish)
- Krigen on scope.dk (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for A War . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Age rating for A War . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ Scott Roxborough: Oscars: Denmark Picks 'A War' as Foreign-Language Submission . In: HollywoodReporter.com . September 23, 2015. Accessed November 12, 2015.