Het bittere kruid

Apr 25 1985 N/A 1h 29m
Biography, Drama, War

This film is about the Jewish girl Sara and the ruin of her family during World War II. Her parents have to live in the Jewish ghetto in Amsterdam, but later they are arrested and deported. Sara decides to flee with her brother and his girlfriend to Palestine. Based on the book by Marga Minco.

Plot

15 year old Sara, a Jewish girl living in the Netherlands during the German occupation slowly begins to realize the danger she and her family are in. When her parents are forced to move to a ghetto in Amsterdam, she decides to follow them rather than live with her brother and his girlfriend. She also keeps in touch with Greet, a girlfriend she met while in hospital, despite the fact that Greet's father is collaborating with the Germans.

Written by

Maurice Noel, Marga Minco

Directed by

Kees Van Oostrum

Cast

Ester Spitz, Gerard Thoolen, Kitty Courbois

Crew

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Production Countries

Netherlands

Languages

Nederlands

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
291
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA