Het Bombardement

The Rotterdam Blitz
Director
Ate de Jong
Country
Netherlands
Year
2012
Genre
Drama, History, War
Scriptwriters
Ate de Jong, Paul Ruven
Cast
JAN SMIT
JELLE PALMAERTS
PIETER VAN DER SMAN JR.
ROOS VAN ERKEL
MONIC HENDRICKX
GERARD COX
MIKE WEERTS
JOBST SCHNIBBE
KOOS POSTEMA
Production
Het Bombardement BV
Produced by San Fu Maltha, Paul Ruven, René Huybrechtse.

Storyline

Set in Rotterdam, May 1940, just days before the Germans bombed the Netherlands, The Blitz

tells the story of Vincent, a poor, young amateur boxer, and Eve, a young woman from Germany

who has agreed to marry a wealthy middle-aged industrialist she does not love in order to save

her family. Vincent and Eve begin to fall in love as the threat of war casts a shadow over their

future.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Stony Brook Film Festival 2013
Winners of the 18th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival
Audience Choice-Best Feature

Releases

Netherlands (20 of December 2012)