Rating: 3/5
Writers: Martin Koolhoven (screenplay), Paul Jan Nelissen (screenplay)
Director: Martin Koolhoven
Cast: Martijn Lakemeier, Jamie Campbell Bower, Yorick van Wageningen
Talk about a poor weekend to call home.
Amidst names like The Hangover Part II, Kung Fu Panda, and the debut of this little tiny film you may have heard of, Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life, yet another film premiere this long Memorial Day Weekend, the WWII drama, Winter In Wartime. Opening in truly limited release, the film comes to us thanks to Danish director Martin Koolhoven, and is an adaptation of the beloved 1972 novel, penned by Jan Terlouw.
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Writers: Martin Koolhoven (screenplay), Paul Jan Nelissen (screenplay)
Director: Martin Koolhoven
Cast: Martijn Lakemeier, Jamie Campbell Bower, Yorick van Wageningen
Talk about a poor weekend to call home.
Amidst names like The Hangover Part II, Kung Fu Panda, and the debut of this little tiny film you may have heard of, Terrence Malick’s The Tree Of Life, yet another film premiere this long Memorial Day Weekend, the WWII drama, Winter In Wartime. Opening in truly limited release, the film comes to us thanks to Danish director Martin Koolhoven, and is an adaptation of the beloved 1972 novel, penned by Jan Terlouw.
Read more on Theatrical Review: Winter In Wartime...
- 5/30/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
Director: Martin Koolhoven Writers: Mieke de Jong, Martin Koolhoven, Paul Jan Nelissen (screenplay), Jan Terlouw (novel) Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower Winter in Wartime opens to a snowy scene in Nazi occupied Holland during World War II in 1945. A British fighter plane crashes several hundred yards away from Michiel van Beusekom's second story bedroom window. Moments later the English pilot is spotted by a German scout as he patrols the nearby forest, but the pilot quickly shots the German in the head while dangling from his deployed parachute in the trees above. Michiel and his family are in support of the resistance, but because Michiel's father Vader van Beusekom is the village Mayor, he must stay neutral to the bidding of the Germans in attempt to keep the towns people safe. In contrast to his father, Michiel adores his rebellious Uncle Ben who is active in...
- 5/28/2011
- by Dave Campbell
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Winter in Wartime, the award-winning 2008 Dutch World War II drama directed by Martin Koohoven and based on the book by Jan Terlouw, will be released on June 23 as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It will carry a list price of $45.99.
Martijn Lakemeier experiences the harsh realities of war in Winter in Wartime.
The movie unfolds in Nazi-occupied Holland in 1945, where 13-year-old Michiel (Martijn Lakemeier) is drawn into the Resistance movement after he helps a British paratrooper. What begins as an adventure quickly turns into a life of desperation and danger as Michiel becomes wary of the adults and townspeople around him, many of whom he’s not sure he can trust. Welcome to childhood innocence slamming into the harsh realities of wartime adulthood!
The winner of the Golden Calf Award at the 2009 Netherlands Film Festival as well as Best Actor (Lakemeier), Best Supporting Actor...
Martijn Lakemeier experiences the harsh realities of war in Winter in Wartime.
The movie unfolds in Nazi-occupied Holland in 1945, where 13-year-old Michiel (Martijn Lakemeier) is drawn into the Resistance movement after he helps a British paratrooper. What begins as an adventure quickly turns into a life of desperation and danger as Michiel becomes wary of the adults and townspeople around him, many of whom he’s not sure he can trust. Welcome to childhood innocence slamming into the harsh realities of wartime adulthood!
The winner of the Golden Calf Award at the 2009 Netherlands Film Festival as well as Best Actor (Lakemeier), Best Supporting Actor...
- 5/16/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The brutal reality of life during the end of World War II in a Nazi-occupied village in the Netherlands forces a tragically quick maturity of a young boy in the spellbinding Dutch film, "Winter In Wartime". Bravely acted, skillfully directed, and as thematically heartrending now as it would be in 1945 (or any time, for that matter), it is the best film I've seen this year. Based upon a popular semi- autobiographical Dutch novel by Jan Terlouw, it hits all the beats - authentic adventure, curiosity, revelation, tragedy, charity, justice, and injustice....
- 4/29/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Chicago – When life collides with history, human beings are often both the perpetrators and the victims. In the excellent film “Winter in Wartime,” a boy grows up quickly when confronted with the realities of that history and life in the last days of World War II.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
What happens to a childhood when the serious implications of wartime becomes the wolf at the door is the main premise of the film. There are bound to be secrets, distrust, intrigue and the unfortunate tragedy. The absorbing story has all of this, and is rendered by the sincere performances of a great cast, especially the young boy at the center of the conflict.
That boy is Michiel (Martijn Lakemeier), a 13 year old boy living in a Nazi-occupied Dutch village in the last months of World War II. His father (Raymond Thiry) is the mayor of the town, and appeases the occupiers in...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
What happens to a childhood when the serious implications of wartime becomes the wolf at the door is the main premise of the film. There are bound to be secrets, distrust, intrigue and the unfortunate tragedy. The absorbing story has all of this, and is rendered by the sincere performances of a great cast, especially the young boy at the center of the conflict.
That boy is Michiel (Martijn Lakemeier), a 13 year old boy living in a Nazi-occupied Dutch village in the last months of World War II. His father (Raymond Thiry) is the mayor of the town, and appeases the occupiers in...
- 4/1/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Reviewed by Chris Allsop
(March 2011)
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Martin Koolhoven
Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry and Melody Klaver
“Winter in Wartime” arrives in U.S. theaters already laden with accolades: Short-listed for the 2009 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film, it’s also won multiple Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival. And, incredibly for a foreign arthouse movie, it also managed to outgross “Twilight.”
Okay, so that was only in the Netherlands. And the marketing edge provided by the longstanding fame of Jan Terlouw’s best-seller of the same name — on which “Winter in Wartime” is based — probably helped propel director Martin Koolhoven’s movie to its impressive commercial showing. But another contributing factor was — and will no doubt continue to be — the broad appeal of this coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Holland.
(March 2011)
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Martin Koolhoven
Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry and Melody Klaver
“Winter in Wartime” arrives in U.S. theaters already laden with accolades: Short-listed for the 2009 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film, it’s also won multiple Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival. And, incredibly for a foreign arthouse movie, it also managed to outgross “Twilight.”
Okay, so that was only in the Netherlands. And the marketing edge provided by the longstanding fame of Jan Terlouw’s best-seller of the same name — on which “Winter in Wartime” is based — probably helped propel director Martin Koolhoven’s movie to its impressive commercial showing. But another contributing factor was — and will no doubt continue to be — the broad appeal of this coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Holland.
- 3/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Chris Allsop
(March 2011)
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Martin Koolhoven
Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry and Melody Klaver
“Winter in Wartime” arrives in U.S. theaters already laden with accolades: Short-listed for the 2009 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film, it’s also won multiple Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival. And, incredibly for a foreign arthouse movie, it also managed to outgross “Twilight.”
Okay, so that was only in the Netherlands. And the marketing edge provided by the longstanding fame of Jan Terlouw’s best-seller of the same name — on which “Winter in Wartime” is based — probably helped propel director Martin Koolhoven’s movie to its impressive commercial showing. But another contributing factor was — and will no doubt continue to be — the broad appeal of this coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Holland.
(March 2011)
Directed by: Martin Koolhoven
Written by: Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Martin Koolhoven
Starring: Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry and Melody Klaver
“Winter in Wartime” arrives in U.S. theaters already laden with accolades: Short-listed for the 2009 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film, it’s also won multiple Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival. And, incredibly for a foreign arthouse movie, it also managed to outgross “Twilight.”
Okay, so that was only in the Netherlands. And the marketing edge provided by the longstanding fame of Jan Terlouw’s best-seller of the same name — on which “Winter in Wartime” is based — probably helped propel director Martin Koolhoven’s movie to its impressive commercial showing. But another contributing factor was — and will no doubt continue to be — the broad appeal of this coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Holland.
- 3/18/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
With the 4.4 million dollar haul Black Book (Zwartboek) made back in 2006, Sony Pictures Classics are hoping that lightning strikes twice grabbing one more Dutch pic set during the war in Martin Koolhoven's Winter in Wartime. - With the 4.4 million dollar haul Black Book (Zwartboek) made back in 2006, Sony Pictures Classics are hoping that lightning strikes twice grabbing one more Dutch pic set during the war in Martin Koolhoven's Winter in Wartime. I'm sensing Empire of the Sun-like similarities with The Netherland's entry for Best Foreign Language -- Oorlogswinter hasn't been on my radar but this was an entry in film festivals in Pusan and Rome. No date has been set. Based on a popular young adult novel by Jan Terlouw, near the end of World War II, Winter In Wartime shows how 13-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance after coming...
- 2/4/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Sony Pictures Classics picked up right to distribute "Winter in Wartime" in the U.S. from High Point Films. "Winter in Wartime," a Dutch World War II drama, is helmed by Martin Koolhoven ("Schnitzel Paradise") and produced by Els Vandevorst, and San Fu Maltha. Vandevorst served as co-producer for "Dogville" and "Manderlay" and Maltha produced "Black Book" (a.k.a. "Swartboek"). Based on the novel written by Jan Terlouw, the story is set near the end of World War II and focuses on a Michiel, a thirteen-year-old who aids a British soldier and becomes involved with the Resistance. The Dutch film is on the Best Foreign Language Film shortlist at this year's Academy Awards.
- 2/1/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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