A War

A War (Danish film)
Film poster
Directed byTobias Lindholm
Written byTobias Lindholm
Produced by
  • René Ezra
  • Tomas Radoor
Starring
CinematographyMagnus Nordenhof Jønck
Edited byAdam Nielsen
Music bySune Rose Wagner
Production
companies
Distributed byNordisk Film Distribution
Release date
  • 27 August 2015 (2015-08-27)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish
Budget
Box office$880,073[2]

A War (Danish: Krigen) is a 2015 Danish war drama film written and directed by Tobias Lindholm, and starring Pilou Asbæk and Søren Malling. It tells the story of a Danish military company in Afghanistan that is fighting the Taliban while trying to protect the civilians, and how the commander is accused of having committed a war crime.[3][4] The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.[5][6]

  1. ^ "A WAR (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. ^ "A War (2016) - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference filjensen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Krigen". KINO.dk (in Danish).
  5. ^ Ford, Rebecca (14 January 2016). "Oscar Nominations: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Tongue tied: Foreign film Oscar hard to call". BBC News. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

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