Return to the Hiding Place

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War of Resistance
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  • Peter C. Spencer
  • Josiah Spencer
  • - with -
  • Craig Robert Young
  • David Thomas Jenkins
  • John Rhys-Davies
Produced by Petra Spencer Pearce
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  • Bart Gavigan
  • Peter C. Spencer
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Cinematography Philip Roy
Edited by Josiah Spencer
Production
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10 West Studios
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Release dates
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  • August 22, 2011 (2011-08-22) (United Kingdom)
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  • 2013 (2013) (United States)
Running time
 123 min

War of Resistance (2011), also known as Return to the Hiding Place (2013) is a film based upon the factual accounting of Hans Poley's World War II encounter with Corrie ten Boom, his involvement in the Dutch resistance and the wartime harboring of Jewish refugees. A non-Jewish fugitive himself, for refusing to pledge his allegiance to the Nazi party; Poley was the first person hidden from the Nazi's in Ten Boom House, which today is a museum in Haarlem, Netherlands.[1] The film is adapted, in part, from Poley's book, Return to the Hiding Place (1993),[2] personal recollections, relayed to screenwriter Dr. Peter C. Spencer, and research from the Dutch National Archives. The film is neither a prequel, nor a sequel to the 1975 film, The Hiding Place; rather, Return to the Hiding Place is a congruent accounting of Dutch underground resistance efforts from Hans Poley's perspective.[3] It was directed by Peter C. Spencer and starred John Rhys-Davies, Mimi Sagadin and Craig Robert Young.

Background

On May 15, 1940, German occupation of the Netherlands began with her surrender, food and materials were rationed and evening curfews were imposed, gradually tightening from 10:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Persecution of the Jewish population also had a gradual implementation, beginning with the requirement of wearing a yellow star bearing the name Jew, to attacks against Jewish businesses and places of worship, culminating in the mass transport of Jewish citizens to unknown locations. Conspiracy theories were beginning to emerge concerning the fate of those who were being transported to the concentration camps.[4] Corrie ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) and her family were actively involved in the Dutch underground, inviting the persecuted to live in their home and creating a hidden room to conceal them during searches. Hans Poley, a young Christian was the first guest and benefactor of the ten Boom family's extraordinary hospitality in May 1943.[5]

Poley's persecution began when he refused to sign the Nazi Manifesto which reads in part:

23. We demand legal opposition to known lies and their promulgation through the press. In order to enable the provision of a German press, we demand, that:
a. All writers and employees of the newspapers appearing in the German language be members of the race;
b. Non-German newspapers be required to have the express permission of the State to be published. They may not be printed in the German language;
c. Non-Germans are forbidden by law any financial interest in German publications, or any influence on them, and as punishment for violations the closing of such a publication as well as the immediate expulsion from the Reich of the non-German concerned. Publications which are counter to the general good are to be forbidden. We demand legal prosecution of artistic and literary forms which exert a destructive influence on our national life, and the closure of organizations opposing the above made demands.
24. We demand freedom of religion for all religious denominations within the state so long as they do not endanger its existence or oppose the moral senses of the Germanic race. The Party as such advocates the standpoint of a positive Christianity without binding itself confessionally to any one denomination. It combats the Jewish-materialistic spirit within and around us, and is convinced that a lasting recovery of our nation can only succeed from within on the framework: The good of the state before the good of the individual.[6]
25. For the execution of all of this we demand the formation of a strong central power in the Reich. Unlimited authority of the central parliament over the whole Reich and its organizations in general. The forming of state and profession chambers for the execution of the laws made by the Reich within the various states of the confederation. The leaders of the Party promise, if necessary by sacrificing their own lives, to support by the execution of the points set forth above without consideration.[7]

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:

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Filming locations

Awards

Return to the Hiding Place

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2013 San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival Audience Choice Award[8] Won
2013 San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival Best Feature Film [8][9] Won
2013 Accolade Competition Award of Excellence Feature Film [10] Won
2013 Central Florida Film Festival Festival Prize Best Feature Film [11] Won
2013 Bel Air Film Festival Best Jury Feature: Film [12] Won
2013 Bel Air Film Festival Best Jury Feature: Cinematography [12] Won
2013 Bel Air Film Festival Best Jury Feature: Directing [12] Won

See also

References

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  3. ↑ John Rhys Davies on the War of Resistance
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  6. ↑ Konrad Heiden, A History of National Socialism, 1935. Translated by Alfred A. Knopf, page 17.
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