Directed by:
Martin KoolhovenCinematography:
Guido van GennepComposer:
Pino DonaggioCast:
Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry, Melody Klaver, Anneke Blok, Mees Peijnenburg, Jesse van Driel, Dan van Husen (more)Plots(1)
Nazi-occupied Holland, 1945. In a snow-covered village, thirteen-year-old Michiel (Martijn Lakemeier) is drawn into the Resistance when he aids a wounded British paratrooper. Michiels boyish sense of defiance and adventure soon turns to danger and desperation, as Michiel is forced to act without knowing whom to trust among the adults and townspeople around him. Wartime`s harsh reality encroaches on childhood innocence as Michiel confronts good and evil, courage and duplicity, and his own burden of responsibility. (official distributor synopsis)
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I’ve always had a soft spot for European films, and Dutch cinema never fails to impress me. Winter in Wartime is a WWII story that perfectly lives up to its title. If there was ever a real “winter” during the war, it had to be the brutal one between 1944 and 1945—right in the Ardennes, not far from where this story unfolds. The frozen Dutch landscape adds so much to the atmosphere, which is crucial for a war film like this. What really hit me, though, was the performance of the young actor, who truly captured the toll war takes on a person. This is a beautifully crafted film about one of the countless wartime stories, and it’s no surprise it became the most-watched Dutch film in 2008.
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