The Forgotten Battle

The Forgotten Battle

2021 · 124 min · NL · R · 7.1 (579 votes)
Dir. Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. · Starring Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Jan Bijvoet, Marthe Schneider · Music Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch

Three young people in the middle of a war. Their choices differ, their goal is the same: freedom.

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November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from Zeeland connected to the resistance against her will, are forced to make crucial choices that impact both their own freedom and the freedom of others.

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This is a grim, intense plunge into the harrowing realities of WWII, where individual choices carry immense weight. It feels like a somber, propulsive journey through a landscape scarred by conflict, highlighting the profound human cost and the desperate fight for freedom, all rendered with a stark, historical realism.

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