The Hiding Place (film)

The Hiding Place
Directed by	James F. Collier
Produced by	Frank R. Jacobson William F. Brown
Written by	Allan Sloane Lawrence Holben (screenplay) Corrie ten Boom John and Elizabeth Sherrill (book)
Starring	Julie Harris Jeannette Clift Arthur O'Connell Robert Rietti
Music by	Tedd Smith
Cinematography	Michael Reed
Edited by	Ann Chegwidden
Distributed by	World Wide Pictures
Release dates	May 1975
Running time	150 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English

The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Corrie ten Boom recounting her and her family's experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust in World War II. The Hiding Place was directed by James F. Collier. Jeanette Clift George received a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer - Female. The film was given limited release in its day and featured the last appearance from Arthur O'Connell.

Plot

As the Nazis invade the Netherlands in 1940, Corrie and her family allow Jews to hide in a part of their home that is specially remodeled by members of the Dutch resistance. However, the Nazis eventually discover that Corrie and her family are hiding Jews, and on February 28, 1944, the entire family and their friends are arrested after their betrayal by a Dutch collaborator. The hidden Jews are never found by authorities. Corrie's father, Casper, dies before he reaches the concentration camp, and Corrie worries that she will never see her home again. The Nazis send Corrie and her sister, Betsie, to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany for hiding Jews in their home. At the concentration camp, Betsie encourages Corrie to remain hopeful that God will rescue them from the brutalities they experience. With little food and constant work, the women suffer constantly, and Corrie's sister Betsie (Julie Harris), dies. Ultimately, Corrie (Jeanette Clift George) leaves the camp in December, 1944 through what is discovered years later to have been a clerical error, as everyone else in her group of prisoners was gassed the following month (January, 1945). Her life after this ordeal was dedicated to showing that Jesus' love is greater than the deepest pit into which humankind finds itself.

Cast

• Julie Harris as Betsie ten Boom
• Jeannette Clift as Corrie ten Boom
• Arthur O'Connell as Casper ten Boom, 'Papa'
• Robert Rietti as Willem ten Boom
• Pamela Sholto as Tine
• Paul Henley as Peter ten Boom
• Richard Wren as Kik ten Boom
• Broes Hartman as Dutch Policeman
• Lex van Delden as Young German Officer
• Tom van Beek as Dr. Heemstra
• Nigel Hawthorne as Pastor De Ruiter
• John Gabriel as Professor Zeiner
• Edward Burnham as Underground Leader
• Cyril Shaps as Building Inspector Smit
• Forbes Collins as Mason Smit
• Eileen Heckart as Katje

See also

• List of American films of 1975
• List of Holocaust films

External links

• Official website
• Corrie ten Boom Impacts New Generation at www.billygraham.org
• The Hiding Place at AllMovie
• The Hiding Place at IMDB.com