Winter in Wartime (2008) Oorlogswinter (original title)

Director:

Martin Koolhoven

Writers:

Martin Koolhoven (screenplay)
Paul Jan Nelissen (screenplay)
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Release Date:

27 November 2008 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Tagline:

In 1945 Holland, a boy must choose between good and evil.

Plot:

Near the end of World War II, 14-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded British soldier...

Plot Keywords:

British Soldier | Soldier | Coming Of Age | World War Two | Teen

Awards:

10 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Martijn Lakemeier	...	Michiel
Yorick van Wageningen	...	Oom Ben
Jamie Campbell Bower	...	Jack
Raymond Thiry	...	Johan
Melody Klaver	...	Erica
Anneke Blok	...	Lia
Mees Peijnenburg	...	Dirk
Jesse van Driel	...	Theo
Dan van Husen	...	Auer
Ad van Kempen	...	Schafter
Tygo Gernandt	...	Bertus
Ben Ramakers	...	Veerman
Tibo Vandenborre	...	Duitse Soldaat Redding
Jens Roth	...	Duitse Soldaat 1
Peter Eberst	...	Duitse Soldaat 2
Peter Post	...	Duitse Soldaat Gemeentehuis
Daniël Gellvoet	...	Soldaat in Gemeentehuis (as Daniel Gellvoet)
Emile Jansen	...	Meneer Knopper
Sascha Flengte	...	Mevrouw Knopper
Alja Hoeksema	...	Tante Cora
Iris Hadderingh	...	Janneke
Neal Adrian Lewis	...	BBC Nieuwslezer (voice)
Rolandas Boravskis	...	Duitse Soldaat
Vaidas Lingvinas	...	Duitse Soldaat
Marius Maciulis	...	Duitse Soldaat
Aurimas Zvinys	...	Duitse Soldaat
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Remco Teer	...	Duitse Soldaat (uncredited)

Directed by
Martin Koolhoven

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mieke de Jong		screenplay
Martin Koolhoven		screenplay
Paul Jan Nelissen		screenplay
Jan Terlouw		novel

Produced by
Antonino Lombardo	....	co-producer
San Fu Maltha	....	producer
Niko Post	....	line producer
Maars van Haaften	....	assistant line producer
Els Vandevorst	....	producer
Jan Vrints	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Pino Donaggio

Cinematography by
Guido van Gennep		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Job ter Burg

Casting by
Elske Falkena
Rebecca van Unen

Production Design by
Floris Vos

Art Direction by
Darius Bastys

Costume Design by
Alette Kraan

Makeup Department
Patrick de Loor	....	hair stylist
Diana Dreesen	....	makeup artist
Inga Raslanaité	....	assistant makeup artist
Bianca van der Steen	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Anouk Bozon	....	assistant production manager
Jessica Felsenthal	....	assistant production manager
Darius Jarasunas	....	production manager: Lithuania
Eefje Smulders	....	assistant production manager
Marianne van Hardeveld	....	production manager
Hans van Helden	....	post-production supervisor
Marlies van Ree	....	pre-production manager
Marion Welmers	....	pre-production supervisor
Inga Zavoronok	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Willem de Beukelaer	....	second unit director
Mike van Diem	....	second unit director: underwater sequence
Stefanie Hamann	....	second assistant director
Hidde Niels	....	additional assistant director: crowd scenes
Wouter Severijn	....	first assistant director
Laura Stankeviciute	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Kees Bierma	....	construction builder
Henk Bouten	....	head painter
Juozas Brukstus	....	swing gang
Arturas Cerkauskas	....	props on set
Domino Daugherty	....	painter
Susanna de Groot	....	set dresser
Cris Dinnessen	....	art department assistant
Rob Duiker	....	construction builder
Audrius Dumikas	....	on-set dresser
Aurelijus Gaidelionis	....	assistant property master
Cecile Heideman	....	set dresser
Anne Marie Hilhorst	....	prop buyer
Erik Hofman	....	art department assistant
Lidewij Kapteijn	....	construction coordinator
Dennis Los	....	construction builder
Frank Neuhaus	....	art department assistant
Ramunas Rastauskas	....	property master
Wilma Schuemie	....	production coordinator
Paulius Seskevicius	....	assistant set dresser
Mirjam Smit	....	graphic artist
Ceslovas Snezko	....	swing gang
Sarune Tautvaisaite	....	props on set
Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse	....	props
Raimond van Soest	....	storyboard artist
Akko Venema	....	art department assistant
Menno Verduin	....	carpenter
Marieke Verhoeven	....	painter
Charlotte Verschure	....	propmaker
Leo Zandvliet	....	prop buyer
Andrius Zubkaitis	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Antoin Cox	....	production sound mixer
Alek Goosse	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sander Houtman	....	adr recordist
Kasper Koudenburg	....	second sound assistant
Simone Mammucari	....	engineer assistant
Herman Pieëte	....	sound designer
Herman Pieëte	....	supervising sound editor
Luuk Poels	....	adr and dialogue supervisor
Luuk Poels	....	adr editor
Luuk Poels	....	dialogue editor
Sil Stranders	....	sound recordist
Marco Streccioni	....	sound engineer (soundtrack
Kasper van Wieringen	....	location sound recordist
Jonathan Vanneste	....	sound technician
Mereijn van der Heijden	....	audio description supervisor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Anatolij Afanasjev	....	armourer
Karl-Heinz Bochnig	....	special effects foreman
Darius Cicenas	....	special effects coordinator
Gintas Ciupala	....	special effects technician
William Croese	....	special effects technician
Roland Goddijn	....	special effects technician
Michel Jancso	....	special effects technician
Michel Jansco	....	special effects technician
Volker Lorig	....	special effects supervisor
Patrick Rappard	....	special effects technician
Wolf Schiebel	....	special effects foreman
Robert Seepers	....	special effects technician
Gintaras Tamulevicius	....	special effects technician
Edward Wiessenhaan	....	snow effects crew
Edward Wiessenhaan	....	special effects foreman
Harrie Wiessenhaan	....	snow maker
Harrie Wiessenhaan	....	special effects supervisor
Harrie Wiessenhaan	....	weapons
Rick Wiessenhaan	....	snow coordinator
Rick Wiessenhaan	....	special effects coordinator
Valdemaras Zarinas	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Ewoud Heidanus	....	visual effects artist: Filmmore Amsterdam
Tzetzi Lazarov	....	visual effects artist: Filmmore Amsterdam
Kasper Oerlemans	....	visual effects supervisor: Filmmore Amsterdam
Stefan Rademakers	....	visual effects artist: Filmmore Amsterdam
Hans van Helden	....	visual effects supervisor
Lodewijk van Olffen	....	visual effects artist: Filmmore Amsterdam
Willem Zwarthoed	....	visual effects artist: Filmmore Amsterdam

Stunts
Willem de Beukelaer	....	stunt coordinator
Nicolas de Pruyssenaere	....	stunt coordinator
Nicolas de Pruyssenaere	....	stunts
Tomas Ereminas	....	stunt coordinator
Saulius Janaviciu	....	horse master
Leonid Kotik	....	stunt performer
Marco Maas	....	stunt double
Azuolas Marma	....	stunt rider
Sergej Mogish	....	stunt double
Jason Oettle	....	stunt rigger
Christian Petersson	....	stunts
Bernd Pietsch	....	stunt double
Almutis Raila	....	horse wrangler
Almutis Raila	....	stunt rider
Slava Samuchov	....	stunt performer
Jonas Tamulevigius	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Feliksas Abrukauskas	....	second assistant camera
Jasper Bazuin	....	camera operator: "b" camera: underwater scenes
Bart Beekman	....	camera operator
Bart Beekman	....	director of photography: second unit
Luc Brefeld	....	first assistant camera: underwater unit
Audrius Budrys	....	loader
Kristof Collier	....	electrician
Laurens De Grande	....	electrician
Daan Dillo	....	grip
Vincent Geijsel	....	focus puller: second unit
Vytaitas Gudlevicius	....	key grip
Leonid Gunovic	....	electrician
Joost Henderieckx	....	electrician
Johan Hoitink	....	electrician
Bastiaan Houtkoper	....	director of photography: underwater sequence
Zdislav Jagelo	....	electrician
Tim Janssens	....	best boy
Rolandas Joneliukstis	....	focus puller
Marik Korvin-Petrovskij	....	dolly grip
Vitalij Kutko	....	best boy
Michael Monteiro	....	focus puller
Vanya Pieters	....	video operator
Vydmantas Plepys	....	first assistant camera
Jonas Sacks	....	assistant to camera department
Julius Siciunas	....	video assistant
Peter Tambach	....	grip
Dieter Van der Eecken	....	gaffer
Kim van Honschooten	....	best boy
Vincent Visser	....	additional second assistant camera
Marijn Wendel	....	clapper loader
Darius Zolmonas	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Dalia Daugilyte	....	casting director: Lithuana
Anita Donk	....	assistant to casting director
Imme Dros	....	extras casting
Violeta Olsauskyte	....	assistant to casting director: Lithuana
Ilse Schouten	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Monique Flippo	....	tailor
Ton Hermans	....	assistant costume designer
Justina Lazdauskaite	....	wardrobe assistant
Aldona Levandaviciené	....	assistant costume designer
Lilian Wadilie	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Florentijn Bos	....	digital intermediate colorist
Niels Koopman	....	first assistant editor
Boris Trentelman	....	color timer
Neeltje van der Heijden	....	digital intermediate producer: Filmmore
Jasper van der Schalie	....	commissioning editor
Hervé Vander Heyden	....	telecine dailies colorist

Music Department
Maurizio Abeni	....	conductor
Maurizio Abeni	....	musician: piano
Maurizio Abeni	....	orchestrator
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	assistant recording engineer
Gabriele Conti	....	assistant recording engineer
Simone Mammucari	....	assistant recording engineer
Simone Mammucari	....	music mixer assistant
Paolo Steffan	....	music coordinator
Marco Streccioni	....	music recording engineer
Marco Streccioni	....	music scoring mixer
Mark van den Oever	....	music clearance services
Joep de Bruijn	....	score advisor (uncredited)

Other crew
Jana Bouwhuis	....	runner
Miriam Brummelkamp	....	production assistant
Richie Burridge	....	poster
Thomas Buwalda	....	runner
Sarah Depeweg	....	production coordinator: Isabella Films
Machteld Feltmann	....	continuity
Julius Gaizauskas	....	production assistant
Juozas Gaizauskas	....	key production assistant
Elisabeth Hesemans	....	children accompaniment
Frank Klein	....	budget controller
Balys Kumza	....	key production assistant
Milda Leipute	....	production services: Lithuania
Han Ing Lim	....	location manager
Hans Lönnerheden	....	completion guarantor
Marc Molhuysen	....	legal advisor
Kristijonas Puipa	....	location manager: Lithuania
Rasa Rimkute	....	production coordinator
Rasa Rimkute	....	production coordinator: Lithuania
Karien Roldaan	....	coach: Martijn Lakemeier
Sara Simpson	....	poster
Georgina Stanciu	....	assistant to producer: San Fu Maltha
Diederik Stols	....	legal advisor
Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse	....	historical consultant
Rinus van de Giessen	....	assistant location manager
Annemarie van der Toorn	....	horse trainer
Tim van Deutekom	....	car scout
Igoris Zenevicius	....	chief caterer

Thanks
Sergio Corbucci	....	special thanks
Joep de Bruijn	....	thanks
Martin Dewitte	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Isabella Films B.V.
• Fu Works
• Isabella Films
• Max TV
• Prime Time

Distributors

• Benelux Film Distributors (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distributors (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Kaleidoscope (2009) (Ireland) (theatrical)
• Kaleidoscope (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2012) (Finland) (DVD) (cropped to 1.77:1)
• HBO Hungary (2011) (Hungary) (TV)
• Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Video Film Express (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Video Film Express (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Filmmore (visual effects and animation)

Other Companies

• Barrandov Studios  costumes supplied by
• DLA Piper  legal advice
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Filmmore  post-production facilities
• Oi Mundo Casting  casting
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Sensesound  sound post-production
• Sounddept.nl  sound equipment provided by
• Sud Ovest Records  music production
• Suus en Binkie  catering

Also Known As:

"Oorlogswinter" - Netherlands (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some language

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Netherlands | Belgium

Language:

Dutch | English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | UK:12A | New Zealand:M | USA:R (certificate #46216) | Australia:M | Singapore:M18 | Finland:K-13 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Isabella Films B.V.

Trivia:

The author of the original novel 'Oorlogswinter', Jan Terlouw, was formerly the Dutch deputy Prime Minister.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: There's a lot of snow in Oorlogswinter - except on the roofs of buildings.

Movie Connections:

References The Great Silence (1968)

An Oscar contender

I recently saw this at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival where the film's director Martin Koolhoven was on hand at my screening for an audience Q&A following the film. Based on the Dutch novel by Jan Terlouw the story takes place in January of 1945 in Nazi-occupied Holland. In the novel the central character Michiel (Martijn Lakemeir) is 16, here he is 14, and is looking for a chance to help the underground resistance movement. His favorite uncle, Ben (yorick van Wageningen) is a member of the resistance and has come to live with Michiel's family. Michiel's father (Raymond Thiry) is the mayor of the German occupied village and his teenaged sister Erica (Melody Klauer) works as a nurse. A neighbor of Michiel asks him to deliver an envelope on behalf of the resistance and soon he is in over his his head in espionage and the war and an effort to help Jack (Jamie Campbell Bower), a downed and injured American pilot hiding out in the forest outside of the village. With noted veteran German actor Dan van Husen as the commander of the village's occupying army. Excellent cinematography from Guido van Gennep and a great looking film thanks to art director Darius Bastys and production designer Floris Vos this is a good film and has made the eight film short list to the 82nd Academy Awards as the Netherlands official submission for Best foreign Language Film. Some of the acting seems a little stiff and the film could use more tension but I would recommend it and give it an 8.5 out of 10. I'm sure this will be playing in American art house theaters in 2010.