Query: Dutch films about World War II
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Winter in Wartime (film)
Süskind (film)
Ergens in Nederland
The Resistance Banker
Black Book (film)
The Forgotten Battle
For a Lost Soldier
Soldier of Orange
Colette (2013 film)
Frankenstein's Army
In the Fog
Evidence from documents: Winter in Wartime (film): A teenage Dutch boy, named Michiel van Beusekom, tries to assist the Dutch resistance during World War II by helping a British airman stay out of German hands during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
Süskind (film): '''''Süskind''''' is a Dutch war film directed by Rudolf van den Berg.
The film is based on the life of Walter Süskind and is set in Amsterdam during the Second World War.
The film was released in
Ergens in Nederland: is a 1940 Dutch film
The Resistance Banker: '''''The Resistance Banker''''' () is a 2018 Dutch World War II period drama film directed by Joram Lürsen. It is based on the life of banker Walraven van Hall who financed the Dutch resistance during the war. It became the most-watched Dutch film of 2018 and was nominated for eleven Golden Calves, the first time that a film received so many nominations for the award. It won four Golden Calves, among them the prizes for Best Film and Best Actor. It was also selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Black Book (film): Dutch films: It was three times more expensive than any Dutch film ever made, and also the Netherlands' most commercially successful, with the country's highest box-office gross of 2006
World War II: The film, credited as based on several true events and characters, is about a young Jewish woman in the Netherlands who becomes a spy for the resistance during World War II after tragedy befalls her in an encounter with the Nazis.
The Forgotten Battle: '''''The Forgotten Battle''''' () is a 2020 Dutch World War II film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. that depicts the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944. The film follows a Dutch Axis soldier played by Gijs Blom, a British glider pilot played by Jamie Flatters, and a resistance woman from Zeeland played by Susan Radder.
The film is set in German-occupied Zeeland in September 1944 following the Normandy landings. Teuntje Visser works in the office of the collaborationist mayor. While she and her father (a medical doctor) avoid choosing sides, her younger brother Dirk is a member of the Dutch Resistance. Dirk is arrested for attacking a passing German convoy, and is tortured into revealing the names of other Resistance members.
For a Lost Soldier: Dutch films: '''''For a Lost Soldier''''' () is a 1992 Dutch coming-of-age romantic drama film
about World War II: It deals with the romantic/sexual relationship between an 11-year-old boy (Van Dantzig, portrayed by Maartin Smit) and a Canadian soldier (Andrew Kelley) during the final months leading up to the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi occupation during World War II.
Soldier of Orange: Dutch films: '''''Soldier of Orange''''' (, ) is a 1977 Dutch romance-thriller film
about World War II: The film is set around the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and shows how individual students have different roles in the war.
Colette (2013 film): '''''Colette''''', also released under the name '''''Prisoner of Auschwitz''''', is a 2013 English language Czech-Slovak-Dutch war film written and directed by Milan Cieslar and starring Jirí Mádl and . It is set in World War II and based on the Arnošt Lustig book, ''A girl from Antwerp''.
Frankenstein's Army: '''''Frankenstein's Army''''' is a 2013 found footage horror film directed by Richard Raaphorst, written by Chris W. Mitchell and Miguel Tejada-Flores, and starring Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse and Robert Gwilym. An international co-production of the United States, the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands, the film is set on the Eastern Front of World War II, as seen from the point of view of a Red Army team. I
In the Fog: competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Golden Apricot at the 2012 Yerevan International Film Festival, Armenia, for Best Feature Film.
The film is an adaptation from Vasil Bykaŭ's short story. In 1942 in Belarus during the German occupation, the Germans face strong resistance from the partisans and face the hatred of local people. The partisans suspect Sushenya, a track-walker, of collaboration with the Nazis because he is the only one released of a group of workers who derailed German train. Two of them capture Sushenya and lead him to the forest where they plan to shoot him. They fall into a trap set by the Germans who severely wound Burov, one of the partisans. Sushenya attempts to save his executioner's life by carrying the wounded partisan on his back to the nearest village. Nevertheless, Sushenya remains under suspicion. He laments that he was a well-respected and trustworthy village resident, raising a family in peace, before the war changed that forever.