The Bombardment ( Het Bombardement )

The Bombardment (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Het Bombardement
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
101 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Ate de Jong

Written By:
Ate de Jong
Paul Ruven

Actors:
Jan Smit ..... Vincent
Roos van Erkel ..... Eva
Mike Weerts ..... Chris
Monic Hendrickx ..... Eva's mother
Gerard Cox ..... Hotel manager
Koos Postema ..... Dominee
Jobst Schnibbe ..... Vader Eva
Michel Sluysmans ..... Wachtmeester
Steven Stavast ..... Usher
Teri Tordai ..... Tante Anke
Pieter Van der Sman ..... Dirk
Thomas van Montfort ..... Duitse officier
Paul van Soest ..... Willem
Tom Pilath ..... Feldwebel
Jelle Palmaerts ..... Herman

Synopsis:

The film is set in May 1940 in and around the city of Rotterdam, where the young bakers assistant (and aspiring amateur boxer) Vincent de Graaf meets the wealthy Eva von Heerle, the daughter of German refugees who've fled Nazi Germany. Eva is engaged to Dirk Lagerwaard, a wealthy older industrial whom she does not love, whereas Vincent wants to emigrate to the United States to find a cure for his sick brother. The two fall in love. As German troops invade the Netherlands, Vincent offers Dirk to bring Eva and her parents to Rotterdam resulting in a dangerous journey through the frontlines as Dutch and German troops clash in bitter combat. As the two reach Rotterdam, an ultimatum is delivered to the Dutch troops defending the city in which they are summoned to surrender immediately or face destruction, the Dutch soldiers refuse and Rotterdam is bombed, changing the future for everyone involved.

The film story line begins shortly before the Bombing of Rotterdam and concerns the story of an impossible love between a young boxer (Smit) and an engaged girl (Van Erkel) as the Second World War reaches the Netherlands.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 January, 2014.

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