The Hiding Place (1975)

Directed by

James F. Collier

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 30m

Rated

15

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Holocaust, a Dutch family hides Jewish refugees in their home. They are eventually caught and sent to a concentration camp where they face hardship and loss.

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What happens

The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical novel The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. The film recounts the ten Boom family's experiences in the Netherlands as they provide a hiding place for Jewish refugees during the Holocaust, which leads to their arrest and imprisonment in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. It was directed by James F. Collier and stars Jeannette Clift as Corrie, Julie Harris as Betsie ten Boom, and Arthur O'Connell as Casper ten Boom in his final film appearance. It was produced by World Wide Pictures, the motion-picture ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. The project originated after Graham's wife, Ruth Graham, met ten Boom in Switzerland and recommended her story to the book's eventual authors. The film's 1975 world premiere at the Beverly Theatre was disrupted by a tear-gas canister marked with a swastika, and the premiere resumed the next day. For her performance, Clift received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress and the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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