Ergens in Nederland
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ergens in Nederland |
| Country of production | Netherlands |
| original language | Dutch |
| Publishing year | 1940 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ludwig Berger |
| script | Ludwig Berger Jan de Hartog Wim de Hartog |
| production |
Rudi Meyer Jo de Wind |
| music | Max Tak |
| camera | Akos Farkas |
| cut | Jan Teunissen |
| occupation | |
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Ergens in Nederland (in German: Somewhere in the Netherlands ) is a Dutch drama from 1940 directed by Ludwig Berger . Main actor Jan de Hartog also worked on the script, the female lead was taken on by Dutch film star Lily Bouwmeester , who then completely withdrew from working on the big screen. In Ergens in Nederland it was the last feature film in the country before the German occupation in May of the same year. No regular Dutch feature film was made until the country was liberated in May 1945.
action
Europe shortly after the start of the war : The fear of a renewed, uncontrollable armed conflict after more than 20 years of peace is omnipresent, also in the Netherlands. The former seaman Frans van Loon, who is now doing an unpopular job as a lawyer on land, is called up for the military in this geopolitical crisis. Unlike his newly married wife Nellie, who is very worried, Frans is happy to be able to return to the sea, because seafaring was and has always been his great dream. There he can also do something useful, because in the event of war he is supposed to help defuse floating sea mines off the coast. The notoriously dissatisfied Frans, who hated life on land, really thrives on the water. Nellie, in turn, has to realize that the sea is obviously more important to her husband than his wife's happiness, whereupon she finally gives in to the urging of the actor Erik Detmar, who has been ensnaring her for some time.
Nellie now wants to urge Frans to make a decision - her or the sea - and visits him on a shore leave in the office of the mine clearance command. There she sees him dancing with the pretty peasant girl Marijke, and a loud argument ensues between the couple. In her jealousy and anger, Nellie tells her husband that she loves someone else. Frans reacts violently; he doesn't want to lose his wife. Both go apart irreconcilably. Before Frans can try to smooth things over, he is ordered to work in Vlissingen . Two uncontrolled sea mines are in the immediate vicinity of the coast and threaten to blow up a dike, with unpredictable consequences. When Nellie watches her Frans doing his important job, she realizes how important this job is. Once again, Frans succeeds in carrying out his highly dangerous defusing work for the benefit of the population. When he returns, Nellie tells him how proud she would be that her husband is a sailor.
Production notes
Ergens in Nederland was shot from January 27, 1940 (studio recordings), the shooting dragged on until the end of March of the same year (outdoor recordings). The Cinetone-Studio Duivendrecht served as the studio. The outdoor shots were taken at the Den Helder naval base and in Vlissingen and the surrounding area.
The film premiered on April 12, 1940 in Amsterdam (City). Four weeks later, the German Wehrmacht entered the Netherlands and largely stopped filmmaking in the country for five years. Ergens in Nederland was banned on July 23, 1940. Instead, German productions such as Rembrandt were made in the Dutch film studios . In 1945 Ergens was staged again in Nederland .
Experts from the Dutch navy were available to Berger as technical advisers. Regular Dutch sailors were used for several scenes.
Reviews
De Tijd's critic stated that it was an "extremely successful film adaptation", while the news magazine Rotterdam's Nieuwsblad stated that this was a "very acceptable intrigue".
Web links
- Ergens in Nederland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Berger - director, author . In: CineGraph - Lexicon for German-Language Films, Lg. 19, F 8