When We Lost To The Germans

Original Title|Toen we van de Duitsers verloren

Drama | 82' | 2023 (Completed)

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Director	Guido Van Driel
Producer	Xavier Rombaut
Writer	Bas Blokker, Guido Van Driel

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One day in the summer of 1974, Daan and Jonas are stuck with each other. As the boys wander around Amsterdam and try to get along, the police search for Catootje, a missing girl.

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synopsis

It’s the day after West Germany beat the Netherlands in the 1974 soccer World Championship final. Amsterdam has a hangover, so 12-year-old Jonas and 13-year-old Daan have nothing to do but loaf about. Jonas’ best friend Karsten has returned suddenly from holiday, to be questioned by the police. Does he know something about Catootje, a girl who went missing five days ago? They stroll through their neighbourhood, find an antique dish on a piece of wasteland and watch police divers drag a nearby pond to no avail. The mystery of the girl’s disappearance clouds the day. Will Catootje return?
De zomer van 1974. De stad is leeg, al hun vrienden zijn op vakantie en Daan en Jonas – geen vrienden – zullen het gewoon met elkaar moeten doen. Maar hun hoofden zitten vol met Catootje, die weg is, maar niet op vakantie.

Credits

Director
Guido Van Driel
Producer
Xavier Rombaut
Writer
Bas Blokker, Guido Van Driel
Cast
Sanne Vogel, Juda Goslinga, Susanne Wolff, Nora Beckers, Rein Hoeke, Kylian de Pagter, Alwin Pulinckx, Joshua Schlosser
Editing
Stijn Deconinck
Photography
Lennert Hillege
Art direction
Jazz Kuipers
Costume
Bernadette Corstens & Thijs van der Heijden
Sound
Arne Winderckx & Matthias Hillegeer
Makeup
Françoise Mol
Music
Raf Keunen
Still photography
Marc Kniphorst & Boris Suyderhoud

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Production share
Minority Flemish co-production
Belgium
Genre
Drama
Year of production

2023
Production status
Completed
Original title
Toen we van de Duitsers verloren
Original language
Dutch

Technical specs

Running time
82'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
1.85:1
Sound format
5.1 (+sub)
Available formats
DCP (2K)
Colour
Black-white

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2023: Nederlands Filmfestival (NL), 2024: Film Festival Oostende (BE); Europe on Screen; Giffoni Film Festival (IT); VIFF Vancouver Film Festival (US); International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! (PL); Kyiv's Critics week (UA); Eurocine (EC)