Downfall vs Land of Mine
Downfall has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.8/10 for Land of Mine). Land of Mine is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 35m. Downfall is the older of the two (2004 against 2015). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Downfall
Land of Mine| Downfall | Land of Mine | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2015 |
| Length | 2h 35m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Drama, History, War | Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Martin Zandvliet |
| Main cast | Thomas Kretschmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Rolf Kanies, Christian Berkel | Louis Hofmann, Roland Møller, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Joel Basman, Laura Bro |
Synopsis
Downfall
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to…
Land of Mine
In the days following the surrender of Germany in May 1945, a group of young German prisoners of war is handed over to the Danish authorities and subsequently sent to the West Coast, where they are ordered to remove the more than two million mines that the Germans had placed in the sand along the coast. With their bare hands, crawling around in the sand, the boys are forced to perform the dangerous work under the leadership of a Danish sergeant.
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