- Original name: The forgotten battle
- Country: Netherlands
- Genre: drama, military
- Producer: Matthis van Heinigen Jr.
- World premiere: April 8, 2021
- Starring: T. Felton, J. Beyveut, R. Dillane, H. Blom, S. Reid, T. Barklem-Biggs, J. Flatter, J. von Donanyi, S. Radder, R. Naylor, et al.
The Forgotten Battle, also known as the Battle of the Scheldt, is the story of the new war drama directed by Mattis van Heinigen Jr. Starring Tom Felton, the same Malfoy from Harry Potter. The actor will play a Dutch soldier fighting on the side of the Germans during World War II. The film tells about three young people fighting for their freedom. The main focus is on the forgotten battle that took place in the southwestern Netherlands and northern Belgium at the end of 1944. A trailer for Battle of the Scheldt (2021) has yet to appear. The picture will be released on screens in the Netherlands on April 8, 2021, and then on Netflix.
Plot
The story of three young men in the midst of a war: a British pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side, and a Dutch resistance member. The battle of the Scheldt is at the center of the story.
The Battle of the Scheldt, as is known from historical sources, took place in northern Belgium and the southwestern Netherlands from October 2 to November 8, 1944. The city of Antwerp was liberated during this battle, but the area of the mouth of the Scheldt was still under the rule of the invaders.
Production
Director - Matthis van Heinigen Jr. ("Something", "Watch", "Red Rain"), scripted by Paula van der Ust ("Lucia de Berk", "Black Butterflies", "Moonlight").
Voiceover team:
- Producers: Alain De Levita (Banker's Resistance, Project Orpheus, Two Trunks, Filmed), Robin Kerremans (Dreamland, Werewolf), Frank Klein (Bad God , "Fantastic family hotel"), etc .;
- Operator: Lennert Hillege ("A woman comes to the doctor", "Cadaver", "Fooled", "Daylight");
- Editing: Mark Bechtold (Marathon, The Boscampi Family, Tony 10, Sugar);
- Artists: Hubert Poole ("The King Dances", "Blindness", "Toto the Hero", "Day Eight", "Crusade in Jeans"), Marjriet Ask ("Good Children Don't Cry", "The Admiral", "Bychara" ), Emilija Einoryte ("Den største forbrytelsen"), etc.
Studios
- Caviar Films.
- Levitate Film.
Filming location: Belgium.
Actors
Leading roles:
- Tom Felton (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Anna and the King, The Flash, Electronic Bugs);
- Jan Beyvut ("Open Circle", "Embrace of the Serpent", "Tunnel", "Peaky Blinders");
- Richard Dillane (The Dark Knight, Jacket, Doctor Who);
- Hayes Blom (Boys);
- Scott Reid (Carnival Row, On Duty);
- Theo Barklem-Biggs (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Silk, Miranda, The Survivors);
- Jamie Flatter (Lec);
- Justus von Donanyi (Experiment, Jacob the Liar);
- Susan Radder (Galchonok);
- Robert Naylor (Being Human, The Dead Zone).
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- Slogan: “Three young people at the height of the war. Their choice is different, but their goal is the same: freedom "/" Three young people in the middle of a war. Their choices differ, their goal is the same: freedom. "
- The painting was created in favor of the Netherlands National Fund for Peace, Freedom and Care of Veterans in honor of the 75th anniversary of the battle.
The Battle of the Scheldt was the first Dutch film to be produced by Netflix. The release date of the picture is set, it remains to wait for the trailer.
Material prepared by the editors of the website kinofilmpro.ru