The Forgotten Battle 2021 123movies

Watch: De Slag om de Schelde 2020 123movies, Full Movie Online – September 1944. The Allies have captured the port of Antwerp but the Germans still control the Scheldt estuary, preventing supplies reaching Antwerp and the Allied forces. Walcheren Island is key to the German’s defence. Operation Market Garden is launched, hoping to penetrate directly into Germany via Arnhem in Holland. A glider from this operation is forced to crash land on Walcheren, leaving a handful of British troops trapped behind enemy lines. Meanwhile a Dutch teenager accidentally kills three Germans, causing a tragic chain of events. On the German staff is a Dutch soldier who now starts to question where his loyalties lie..
Plot: November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from Zeeland connected to the resistance against her will, are forced to make crucial choices that impact both their own freedom and the freedom of others.
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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 30,051
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	N/A Votes: 486 Popularity: 19.354 | TMDB

Reviews:

Powerful, complex war movie
De slag om de Schelde (2020) is a Dutch movie co-written and directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. It was shown in the U. S. with the title “The Forgotten Battle.” The actual title translates as “The Battle of the Scheldt.” We in the U. S. may never have heard of it. That’s because Canadian troops bore the brunt of the battle against the Germans. I’m sure it’s not a forgotten battle in Canada or Holland.

Gijs Blom portrays Marinus van Staveren, a Dutch citizen who is fighting on the side of the Germans. He hates Jews–and probably Communists–so he volunteered to fight in the German army. When the movie opens, he’s fighting on the Russian front, but he gets transferred to Holland.

Jamie Flatters plays William Sinclair. He’s a British glider pilot, but his glider is shot down and he lands in Holland.

Susan Radder plays Teuntje Visser, a Dutch woman who works in the mayor’s office. Jan Bijvoet portrays her father–Doctor Visser–who treats Germans and Dutch equally well.

The complexity of the movie is the interaction among these people, as the Canadian forces try to overcome the German forces in the area called The Scheldt. (I checked, and it really was important for the allies to possess the region, and equally important for the Germans to prevent this.)

Of course, in a war movie, there’s going to be blood and carnage. However, what keeps this film from being just another WWII movie is the complicated plot, that goes in directions you may not expect.

De slag om de Schelde has a pretty weak IMDb rating of 7.1. I thought it was better than that, and rated it 8.

Interesting war drama
September 1944. The Allies have captured the port of Antwerp but the Germans still control the Scheldt estuary, preventing supplies reaching Antwerp and the Allied forces. Walcheren Island is key to the German’s defence. Operation Market Garden is launched, hoping to penetrate directly into Germany via Arnhem in Holland. A glider from this operation is forced to crash land on Walcheren, leaving a handful of British troops trapped behind enemy lines. Meanwhile a Dutch teenager accidentally kills three Germans, causing a tragic chain of events. On the German staff is a Dutch soldier who now starts to question where his loyalties lie.

An interesting war drama. Covers a lesser-known campaign of WW2, the battles for the Scheldt Estuary (and the Battle of Walcheren in particular) and does so in reasonably entertaining and engaging fashion. A decent enough plot, covering the battle from many sides, with some good action scenes and CGI.

Not brilliant though. The plot is a bit clumsy at times and some aspects seem dumbed-down. The focus of the film is also at a micro level so you don’t much information on the bigger picture and the effort involved in the opening up of the Scheldt estuary. While the civilian aspect was interesting much of the time taken on it could have been better spent.

Other Information:

Original Language nl
Runtime 2 hr 4 min (124 min)
Budget 14000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated TV-MA
Genre Drama, War
Director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Writer Paula van der Oest, Jesse Maiman, Pauline van Mantgem
Actors Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder
Country Netherlands, Belgium
Awards 6 wins & 4 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa Mini LF (Leica R Lenses)
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Digital
Cinematographic Process ARRIRAW (4.5K) (source format), Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Printed Film Format DCP