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Written by | Peter C. Spencer |
Produced by | Petra Spencer Pearce |
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Cinematography | Philip Roy |
Edited by | Josiah Spencer |
Production company | 10 West Studios |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Return to the Hiding Place is a 2013 film based upon the factual accounting of Hans Poley's World War II encounter with Corrie ten Boom, her involvement in the Dutch resistance and the wartime harboring of Jewish refugees. A non-Jewish fugitive after he refused to pledge his allegiance to the Nazis, Poley was the first person hidden from the Nazis in the Ten Boom House, which is today 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 is it a sequel to the 1975 film The Hiding Place, instead, it is a congruent accounting of the Dutch underground's resistance efforts from Poley's perspective.[3] It was directed by Peter C. Spencer and starred John Rhys-Davies, Mimi Sagadin and Craig Robert Young.
On May 15, 1940, German occupation of the Netherlands begins with the nation's surrender, food and materials are rationed and evening curfews are imposed, gradually tightening from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Persecution of the Jewish population also is gradually implemented, starting with the requirement of wearing a yellow star bearing the word "Jew" and attacks against Jewish businesses and places of worship and culminating in the mass transport of Jewish citizens to unknown locations. Conspiracy theories begin to emerge on the fate of those being transported to the concentration camps.[4]
Corrie ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) and her family are actively involved in the Dutch underground, invite the persecuted to live in their home and create a hidden room to conceal them during searches. Hans Poley, a young Christian, is the first guest and benefactor of the ten Boom family's extraordinary hospitality in May 1943.[5]
Poley's persecution begins with his refusal to sign the Nazi Manifesto, which reads in part:
Cast overview, first billed only:
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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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 |