The Girl with the Red Hair (film)

Movie
German title	The girl with the red hair
Original title	Het meisje met het rode hair
Country of production	Netherlands
original language	Dutch , German
Publishing year	1981
length	110 minutes
Rod
Director	Ben Verbong
script	Ben Verbong , Pieter de Vos
production	Meteor Film Productions
music	Nicola Piovani
camera	Theo van de Sande
cut	Ton de Graaff
occupation
Renée Soutendijk : Hannie Schaft Peter Tuinman : Hugo Loes Luca : To Johan Leysen : Frans Robert Delhez : Floor Ada Bouwman : Tinka Lineke Rijxman : Judith Maria de Booy : mother Henk Rigters : Father Adrian Brine : SD member Chris Lomme : Mrs. de Ruyter Lou Landré : Otto Schaaf Jan Retèl : Professor Elsje Scherjon : Carlien Hennie van den Akker : van den Heuvel and much more

The girl with the red hair , Dutch original title Het meisje met het rode haar , is a Dutch film from 1981. It is based on the novel of the same name by the Dutch writer Theun de Vries from 1956, which in turn is a historical event from that time portrays the National Socialist occupation of the Netherlands . The world premiere took place on September 17, 1981 in the Netherlands, in Germany the film was shown for the first time in February 1982 at the Berlin International Film Festival . Under the English title "The Girl with the Red Hair" the film was shown on January 14, 1983 in New York City .

action

The film depicts the life of the Dutch student Hannie Schaft , who joined the Dutch resistance in her mid- twenties to fight the German occupiers of her homeland. Because of her eye-catching red hair, she is nicknamed “The girl with red hair” ( Het meisje met het rode haar ). After several more or less successful attacks, the German occupiers and Dutch collaborators initially unsuccessfully sought it out, and a few weeks before the end of the war in March 1945, they happened to get online. The film ends with the shooting of Hannie Schaft in the Kennemerduinen near Bloemendaal on April 17, 1945.

Deviation between book and film

In contrast to the book, in which de Vries explains in detail the political motives of Shaft, which ultimately led to the entry into the communist resistance movement Raad van Verzet , Verbong completely dispensed with this aspect.

Recording technology

“The Girl with Red Hair” also attracted attention because of Theo van de Sandes' remarkable camera work. The color photos were filtered using a special technique so that they gave the impression of old film recordings. It is noteworthy that in some scenes the viewer gets the impression that the red hair of the protagonist is particularly bright.

Awards

• Dutch Film Festival : Award of the film critic for the best film 1981

DVD

The film is available on DVD .

literature

• Theun de Vries : Het meisje met het rode hair. Roman uit het verzet 1942–1945 , Pegasus 1956
• Theun de Vries: The girl with the red hair. Novel from the resistance movement 1942 to 1945 , Henschelverlag, Berlin 1960

Web links

• The girl with red hair in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The girl with the red hair (with photos of the scene)