Secrets of War
It’s 1943, but for friends Tuur and Lambert (12), the occupation is merely exciting inspiration for their marl cave-war games. Lambert starts feeling excluded when attractive new girl Maartje moves into town – but doesn’t know she’s Jewish while his father is the Dutch Nazi Party-mayor. Jealous, he tells his father about the hidden pig at Maartje’s farm, and she is arrested.
Lambert makes up for his betrayal by helping Tuur and his family, who turn out to be members of a resistance group, escape to Belgium through the caves.
Based on the bestseller Secrets of War by Jacques Vriens.
ORIGINAL TITLE
Oorlogsgeheimen
RELEASE YEAR
2014
GENRE
Historical family drama
LANGUAGE
Dutch
DIRECTOR
Dennis Bots
WRITER
Karen van Holst Pellekaan
CAST
Maas Bronkhuyzen, Joes Brauers, Pippa Allen, Loek Peters
CO-PRO
Bijker Film & TV (NL), Living Stone (BE), Tarantula (LUX), KRO (NL)
FINANCIERS
Netherlands Film Fund, CoBO Fund (NL), Film Fund Luxembourg, Belgian Tax Shelter, EO (NL)
DISTRIBUTOR
Dutch FilmWorks
SALES AGENT
Sola Media
SOLD TO
10 territories
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
Toronto IFF
Castellinaria IFF Switzerland – Castello D’ Oro Award
CICFF – Adult Jury Prize, Live-action Feature Film
Chicago Int. Children’s Film Festival – Rembrandt Award for Best Youth Film
Stony Brook Film Festival – Audience Choice Award Best Feature
Teaneck IFF – Best Feature
Tromsø Children’s Film Festival Norway – Best Feature Film
Netherlands Film Festival – Special Jury Prize