war

LO - LKP

Partly fictionalised story of a Dutch resistance fighter who is caught and executed by the Germans.

A metal worker goes to ground because he doesn’t want to collaborate with the Germans. He joins the resistance movement and, after being wounded during a raid, he ends up in hospital. He escapes but is arrested not long after and taken to a concentration camp. He is executed in September 1944, just weeks before the Allied forces reach the camp.

De dijk is dicht

War drama about a young widower who returns to the village where he has lost his wife.

A young man has lost his wife during the bombing of West-Kapelle, during the battle of Walcheren Causeway in 1944. After the war he returns to the village only to be overwhelmed by memories of her. Gradually, with the help of the other villagers, he regains his equilibrium and willpower so he too can help build up the stricken land.

Samen op weg

Commissioned by the Nederlands Volksherstel about the Resistance during the Second World War and the solidarity that is needed for the reconstruction of the Netherlands.

Samen op weg is a partially staged documentary about the German occupation of the Netherlands – about the resistance movement and the hardships people faced during the war. Furthermore the film makes an appeal for the people of the Netherlands to work together to rebuild their devastated country. The film ends with a portrait of Queen Wilhelmina.