Krigen

Afghanistan. Klaus Michael Pedersen and his squad are in this country to protect civilians. Somewhere thousands of kilometers away in his native Denmark is Klaus's family - his wife and three children. They lead normal lives with normal problems and miss their husband and father madly. At the same time, Klaus is not happy at all - his platoon has been fired upon, and one of the soldiers is seriously wounded. The commander gives in to emotions and violates international civil laws. This decision of his can have many unpredictable consequences. Read more The filming of the picture ended in January 2015 and took place in Copenhagen (Denmark), Konya (Turkey) and Almeria (Spain). The film was directed by Tobias Lindholm. His most famous work is the script for Thomas Vinterberg's film "The Hunt". The main role of Klaus Pedersen was played by Johan Philip Asbeck. He is known for such films as "Lucy" (2014), "Ben-Hur" (2016), as well as the series "Borgia" and "Game of Thrones". Some roles in the film were played by real Danish soldiers. In addition, Tuva Novotny ("Eat, Pray, Love" (2010)), Dar Salim ("The Devil's Double" (2011), "Honey in the Head" (2014)), Alex Hag Andersen (TV series "Vikings") took part in the film. The premiere of the film took place on September 5, 2015 at the Venice Film Festival. In 2016, it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Film critics of the site https://www.rottentomatoes.com left 90% positive reviews for the film (75 reviews out of 83), and http://www.metacritic.com gave a score of 81/100.