Academy Awards, USA 2016 Nominated Oscar Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Denmark   Bodil Awards 2016 Nominated Bodil Best Film (Bedste danske film) Best Actor (Bedste mandlige hovedrolle) Pilou Asbæk  Best Actress (Bedste kvindelige hovedrolle) Tuva Novotny  Best Supporting Actor (Bedste mandlige birolle) Dulfi Al-Jabouri    Palm Springs International Film Festival 2016 Nominated Audience Award Best Narrative Feature Tobias Lindholm  Denmark   Tromsø International Film Festival 2016 Nominated Aurora Award Tobias Lindholm    Venice Film Festival 2015 Nominated Venice Horizons Award Best Film Tobias Lindholm    Zagreb Film Festival 2015 Nominated The Golden Pram Best Film Tobias Lindholm  AZ Celtic Films  Nordisk Film Production    Zurich Film Festival 2015 Nominated Golden Eye Best International Feature Film Tobias Lindholm

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Company commander Claus M. Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile back in Denmark Claus'' wife Maria (Tuva Novotny) is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for him - and his family back home.

A War (Danish: Krigen) is a 2015 Danish film directed by Tobias Lindholm, 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. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.

Company commander Claus M. Pedersen and his men are stationed in the Helmand province. Meanwhile back in Denmark Claus'' wife Maria is trying to hold everyday life together, with a husband at war and three children missing their father. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for him – and his family back home.