Basic Info / 基本情報
| Item | English / 日本語 |
|---|---|
| Director | Martin Zandvliet / マーティン・サンドフリート |
| Year | 2015 |
| Running Time | 100 min (1h 40m) |
| Genre | War, Drama / 戦争、ドラマ |
| Production | Nordisk Film, Amusement Park Films, Nimbus Film |
| Box Office | $4.5 million (Worldwide) |
Synopsis / あらすじ
[English / 英語] In May 1945, immediately following the end of WWII, a group of young German prisoners of war is sent to the west coast of Denmark. Among them are many teenage conscripts, barely more than children. Danish Sergeant Rasmussen (Roland Møller) is assigned to supervise these boys as they are forced to clear thousands of live landmines buried along the beaches. Fueled by five years of brutal Nazi occupation, Rasmussen initially treats the boys with cold, ruthless hostility. However, as he witnesses their exhaustion, hunger, and desperate longing for their families, his hardened heart begins to fracture. Each day is a terrifying gamble with death, and as the boys fall one by one, Rasmussen is forced to confront his own humanity. The film asks: What is the true, hidden cost of war? When does an “enemy” cease to be a target and become a human being? And in the aftermath of atrocity, is grace still possible?
[日本語] 1945年5月、第二次世界大戦が終結した直後のデンマーク西海岸に、ドイツ軍の捕虜たちが移送されてきます。その中には、徴兵されたばかりの、幼さの残る少年兵たちが数多く含まれていました。デンマーク人のラスムスン軍曹（ロラン・ムラー）は、海岸に埋められた無数の地雷を素手で除去させるという過酷な任務の監督を命じられます。5年間にわたるナチス占領への憎悪を抱くラスムスンは、当初、少年たちを非人間的に、冷酷に扱い続けました。しかし、空腹と恐怖に震え、故郷の母を想って泣く彼らの姿を目の当たりにするうち、軍曹の心には「敵」ではなく「子供」としての彼らへの慈しみが芽生え始めます。死と隣り合わせの地雷撤去作業が続く中、少年たちが一人、また一人と命を落としていく現実を前に、ラスムスンは自らの良心に従った究極の選択を迫られます。映画は問いかけます。戦争が残した真の代償とは何か。「敵」という言葉の裏にある人間性を、私たちはいかに見出すべきか。そして、憎しみの連鎖を断ち切るために必要なものとは何なのでしょうか。
Cast & Crew / スタッフ・出演
| Role | English / 日本語 |
|---|---|
| Director | Martin Zandvliet / マーティン・サンドフリート |
| Screenplay | Martin Zandvliet / マーティン・サンドフリート |
| Producer | Mikael Christian Rieks, Malene Blenkov / ミカエル・クリスチャン・リークス、マレーネ・ブレンコフ |
| Cinematography | Camilla Hjelm Knudsen / カミラ・ヒェルム・クヌゼン |
| Music | Sune Martin / スーネ・マルティン |
| Editing | Per K. Kirkegaard / ペル・K・キルケゴール |
| Distribution | Nordisk Film (Denmark), Sony Pictures Classics (US) / ノルディスク・フィルム（デンマーク）、ソニー・ピクチャーズ・クラシックス（米国） |
| Cast | Roland Møller (Sergeant Carl Rasmussen) / ローラン・ムーラー（カール・ラスムセン軍曹） |
| Emil Belton (Ernst) / エミール・ベルトン（エルンスト） | |
| Oskar Belton (Werner) / オスカー・ベルトン（ヴェルナー） | |
| Felix Sandman (Sebastian Schumann) / フェリックス・サンドマン（セバスチャン・シューマン） | |
| Joel Basman (Helmut) / ヨエル・バスマン（ヘルムート） | |
| Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (Lieutenant Ebbe Jensen) / ミッケル・ボー・フォルスゴール（エベ・イェンセン中尉） | |
| Laura Bro (Elisabeth) / ローラ・ブロー（エリザベート） |
Additional Information / 追加情報
Awards / 受賞歴
- 89th Academy Awards (2017) – 1 nomination:
- Best Foreign Language Film – nomination (Denmark)
- Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards, 2016) – 5 wins:
- Best Danish Film – WON
- Best Director – WON (Martin Zandvliet)
- Best Actor – WON (Roland Møller)
- Best Screenplay – WON (Martin Zandvliet)
- Best Cinematography – WON (Camilla Hjelm Knudsen)
- European Film Awards (2016) – 2 nominations:
- Best Film – nomination
- Best Director – nomination (Martin Zandvliet)
- Tribeca Film Festival (2015) – 1 win:
- Best Narrative Feature – WON
- Bodil Awards (2016) – 2 wins:
- Best Danish Film – WON
- Best Actor – WON (Roland Møller)
Critical Reception / 批評的評価
- Rotten Tomatoes: 96% (Critics), 88% (Audience)
- Metacritic: 79/100 (Generally Favorable Reviews)
- IMDb: 7.7/10
- Eiga.com（映画.com）: 4.0/5
- Widely regarded as one of the finest European war films of the decade and a landmark of Danish cinema
- Roland Møller’s performance as Rasmussen called one of the great physical and moral performances of contemporary European cinema — a man whose face is a battlefield between hatred and recognition
- The young cast — many making their film debuts — praised for performing under extreme emotional and physical demands with complete authenticity
- Camilla Hjelm Knudsen’s cinematography — the flat, cold, beautiful Danish west coast, the horizon always present, the boys always small against it — praised as perfectly matched to the film’s moral landscape
- The film’s refusal of melodrama particularly praised — it does not manipulate the audience toward grief but places them in the same moral position as Rasmussen, letting them discover, as he does, that these are children
- Roger Ebert.com: ★★★★ “A devastating and morally essential film — one of the year’s best”
- The New York Times: “Harrowing and humane — Zandvliet finds tragedy in the most precise and specific terms”
- Variety: “A film of genuine moral weight — war cinema at its most unsparing”
- The Guardian: ★★★★ “Unforgettable — a film that asks the hardest questions about collective punishment and individual humanity”
- The Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film was widely expected; some critics felt it deserved a win over the eventual winner The Salesman
- Compared to Come and See (1985, Elem Klimov) and Au Revoir les Enfants (1987, Louis Malle) as war films that center children’s experience without sentimentality
- Particularly praised in Germany, where the film’s subject — German children as victims of the war Hitler started — has been historically difficult to address in public discourse
Box Office Performance / 興行成績
- Worldwide Total: $4.5 million
- Domestic (Denmark): ~$1.5 million
- International: ~$3.0 million
- Production Budget: ~$5 million (estimated)
- Performance Analysis:
- Strong performance for a Danish-language film — the Oscar nomination brought significant international attention
- Sony Pictures Classics handled the US release with expertise in specialty foreign-language films
- Germany: Significant commercial and cultural reception — a Danish film about German children that managed to address German war guilt and German victimhood simultaneously without exploiting either
- The film’s US release was limited but sustained by strong critical reception
- Long tail on streaming platforms, where it found a large international audience
- International Breakdown (estimated):
- Germany: ~$1.2M (the subject resonates; the film’s honest treatment of German child soldiers)
- France: ~$0.6M
- US: ~$0.5M (limited release; Sony Pictures Classics specialty handling)
- Other European markets: ~$0.7M combined
- Awards Circuit Impact:
- Tribeca 2015 win established early buzz
- Oscar nomination (January 2017) was the film’s largest commercial moment
- Danish Robert Awards sweep (5 wins) confirmed its standing in its home country
Related Review / 関連レビュー
🔗 English Review
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🔗 日本語レビュー
・【対地雷行動意識の日】戦争が終わった日に、少年たちの戦争が始まった
