My war winter
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | My war winter |
| Original title | Oorlogswinter |
| Country of production | Netherlands , Belgium |
| original language | Dutch , English , German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Martin Koolhoven |
| script |
Mieke de Jong Martin Koolhoven Paul Jan Nelissen Jan Terlouw (novel) |
| production |
Antonino Lombardo San Fu Maltha Els Vandevorst |
| music | Pino Donaggio |
| camera | Guido van Gennep |
| cut | Job ter Burg |
| occupation | |
| |
Mein Kriegswinter (Original title: Oorlogswinter , also known under the DVD title Winter in Wartime ) is a Dutch-Belgian war drama by the director Martin Koolhoven . It takes place in the last winter of the Second World War during the German occupation in a small village near Zwolle , the capital of the Dutch province of Overijssel and is based on the novel of the same name by Jan Terlouw , published in 1975 .
action
The 14-year-old Dutchman Michiel observed the crash of a British military plane at night and searched the wreck together with a friend for usable parts the next day. They find a wristwatch and a hose, but are noticed by German soldiers, from whom they are fleeing. While his friend and neighbor, Theo Knopper, escapes the soldiers, Michiel is caught by them. His father Johan van Beusekom, the mayor, picks him up from the commandant.
Shortly after this incident, his uncle visits Ben Michiel's family. While his father is worried that he doesn't want any trouble and wants to keep the weak peace in the village, Ben acts like a resistance fighter . In the period that followed, Ben and Michiel's father often had discussions about the Dutch resistance.
Shortly before the attack on an ammunition dump, Theo's brother, Dirk, gives Michiel an envelope to give to the village blacksmith in case Dirk does not come back after the attack. As Dirk is arrested, Michiel wants to hand Dirk's envelope over to the blacksmith, Bertus van Gelder, but watches the blacksmith being shot by soldiers while trying to escape. Michiel opens the letter and finds a hint that it is about 60 meters east of the old hunter's hut. Then he sets off and meets the British pilot Jack, hidden in an underground cave. Michiel learns that Jack was able to parachute himself out of the Mosquito machine, which he was watching, in time. With Jack injured, Michiel decides to bypass his father and uncle's instructions to stay away from the resistance and to help the pilot.
Jack wants to go to Zwolle because he has the opportunity to return to England from there. However, since Jack is injured, Michiel takes care of him with the help of his sister Erica, a nurse. The subsequent attempt to get Jack to safety fails.
Since a German soldier who was killed by Jack has been found in the forest in the meantime, the occupying forces scour the forest for traces of the perpetrator. In addition, Michiel's father is taken into custody by the German soldiers. When Michiel visits Jack in his hiding place, his sister is already with Jack and reports on the planned execution of her father, as the occupiers want to make an example of the murder of the German soldier.
In the evening, Ben reported that Michiel's father would be released the next day, but that was not the case. Instead, Michiel witnesses his father and two other civilians being executed.
Another attempt to bring Jack to safety by means of a ferry fails again, so that Michiel and Jack flee with a carriage. However, they are pursued by soldiers with carts of motorcycles . Since they are too slow with the carriage, they both climb onto the horse, relieve the carriage and thus escape.
After Michiel has informed Ben about the English pilot, he wants to take care of everything else and two days later he sets off to Zwolle with Jack and Erika, who have both started a love affair. Since they have to cross a bridge controlled by the occupiers, Jack is said to be passed off as a patient.
While saying goodbye to Jack, Michiel realizes that Ben knew things about Dirk that he could only have learned by eavesdropping on conversations, as Michiel had never spoken to Ben about Dirk. After rummaging through Ben's suitcase, he sees his suspicion that Ben is a collaborator as confirmed and pursues his uncle, Jack and Erika. After confronting Ben, Erika and Jack set off alone to cross the bridge.
While Ben is tied to a tree, Michiel watches his sister cross the bridge and Jack shimmy under the bridge towards the other bank. Jack falls into the river, but can reach the other bank unmolested. Ben was able to free himself from the shackles unnoticed and takes flight, but is caught by Michiel. When Ben feels safe that there is a military convoy nearby, he makes his way there, but is shot from behind by Michiel.
After the end of the war there is a celebration in Michiel's village. While his sister is happy to receive mail from Jack, Michiel stays at home. Later he plays with his friend Theo with the hose they took from the crashed English machine.
Subplot
Two Jewish women and their daughters appear in subplots. The first mother with daughter is introduced to Michiel as "Aunt Cora" when they find shelter with Michiel's family for a short time. He meets the second one when he takes Jack home with him to hide him there. This mother and daughter have found shelter with Schachter, a supposed occupation collaborator.
criticism
The film received a positive response from the critics. The Variety saw Koolhoven film "the perfect blend of classic cinema and arthouse sensibilities". The New York Times ruled that the "pretty" film was a sober, well-made World War II drama about growing up.
background
production
The budget for the film was an estimated 4,000,000 euros. Filming locations in the Netherlands were Amsterdam , the municipalities of Herwijnen and Wijchen in the province of Gelderland ; Lopik in the province of Utrecht , Zwolle in Overijssel and the municipalities of Megen and Woudrichem in Noord-Brabant . Two other locations were in Lithuania located places Šilutė and Vilnius .
The film is largely kept in blue and white colors.
publication
After the premiere in November 2008 in Amsterdam, the film opened in Belgium from the beginning of December. It was shown in February 2009 at the “European Film Market” at the Berlin International Film Festival . Other film festivals at which it was shown were the South Korean Pusan International Film Festival , the Rome Film Festival , the Palm Springs International Film Festival , as well as the three Canadian festivals European Union Film Festival , Ottawa European Union Film Festival and the Vancouver European Union Film Festival .
In October 2009, Cinema.nl, citing the British film magazine Screen, announced that the film rights had been sold to France and Germany, and at the end of January 2010 it was announced that Sony Pictures Classics , a film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment , would sell the US -Film rights to Oorlogswinter . The film will also appear in Australia and China.
Oorlogswinter was initially only published in Dutch and English and has been available in German dubbing since January 2011 under the title Winter in Wartime .
Audience numbers
The attendance figures for the theatrical version of Oorlogswinter 2008/2009 add up to over 850,000 for the Netherlands and Belgium. Although it only started five weeks before the end of the year, in 2008 Oorlogswinter was the second most successful Dutch film in Dutch cinemas after the Dutch-Belgian co-production Anubis , which exceeded the number of admissions in the following year. Among the international films, Oorlogswinter took tenth place in the 2008 Dutch cinema charts. Furthermore, the film was the most successful TV premiere of the year in the Netherlands in 2010 with 1.6 million viewers.
Awards
In 2010 the film was shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category , but was not nominated. A total of 65 films were qualified for the Oscar. The film received a nomination at the Satellite Awards 2009 for best foreign language film.
The film also won the Audience Award in 2009 by the Sea International Film . The film also received awards at the Golden and Platin Film, Netherlands in the gold and platinum category and at the Netherlands Film Festival in the categories of best film, best actor (Martijn Lakemeier), best supporting actor (Raymond Thiry) and best production design (Floris Vos ), and at the Rembrandt Awards for best film, best Dutch actor (Martijn Lakemeier) and best Dutch actress (Melody Klaver).
At the Rome Film Fest , the film won the Alice in the City Prize and was also awarded the Silver Marc'Aurelio Award Alice nella città over 12 .
Web links
- Winter in Wartime in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) - Review. In: washingtonpost.com. Washington Post, accessed May 14, 2010 . (engl.)
- ↑ Boyd van Hoeij: Review: 'Winter in Wartime'. In: Variety . February 4, 2009, accessed March 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Stephen Holden: Winter in Wartime (2008): Teenager Encounters Adulthood and Nazis. In: New York Times . March 17, 2011, accessed March 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Budget on imdb.de
- ^ Marie-Claire Melzer: Oorlogswinter - Review . Amsterdam Weekly from November 27th to December 3rd, 2008, p. 18
- ↑ Release dates with details of the festivals on IMDb.com (engl.)
- ↑ a b Info on film rights and the awards at the Nederlands Film Festival on cinema.nl (nl.)
- ↑ Nikki Finke: Sony Classics Buys 'Winter In Wartime'. In: deadline.com. deadline.com, January 13, 2010, accessed May 31, 2010 . (engl.)
- ↑ Oorlogswinter vanaf maart te zien in America. In: historiek.net. historiek.net, December 23, 2010, accessed January 16, 2011 (Dutch).
- ↑ Visitor numbers for the European area in the Lumiere database
- ↑ Succesvol jaar Nederlandse film. (No longer available online.) In: cinema.vpro.nl. January 7, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 16, 2011 (Dutch). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ivo Schimmel: Oorlogswinter vanaf maart te zien in Amerika. (No longer available online.) In: shownu.nl. shownu.nl, December 26, 2010, archived from the original on December 28, 2010 ; Retrieved January 16, 2011 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ 9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar® Race. In: oscars.org. oscars.org, accessed May 14, 2010 . (engl.)
- ↑ List of nominations and winners of the Satellite Award ( memento of the original from September 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (engl.)
- ↑ Award by the Sea International Film on IMDb.com (engl.)
- ↑ List of films that have been awarded the Golden and Platinum Film, Netherlands on filmfestival.nl ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (nl.)
- ↑ List of winners of the Rembrandt Awards on film1.nl (nl.)
- ↑ Rome Film Fest on IMDb.com (Engl.)
