Due to corona measures, the recordings had to be stopped, but now it is finally here: the short film The Reconciliation. Made by AC Films in collaboration with Exodus Huissen and various re-enactment associations. The episode from the film Betuwe44 is about a true story between an allied and a German lieutenant in October 1944. The film has been seen from October 29, 2020 to January 12, 2021 in the Freedom Museum in Groesbeek. In the exhibition ‘ The Second World War in Films ‘.
The exhibition of the Freedom Museum focuses on the Second World War in feature films. Using original scripts, costumes and props, the development of the war film over the years is portrayed. In addition, the exhibition depicts the development of war film over the years through original scripts, costumes and props. From classics such as A Bridge Too Far and Zwartboek to more recent productions such as Inglourious Basterds, Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter and Dresden. Among the highlights are a Tom Hanks costume, a script by Sean Connery and a George Clooney uniform.
Although Johannes Crekel is a fictional character, the names, events and circumstances are based on true stories. We tell the story trough the perspective of Crekel to show what this time was like for a local villager and the many horrors he had to go through in the Betuwe from September 1944 until the end of the war in the Netherlands.