A fictional story within the historical context of the disastrous flood that engulfed the Dutch coastal province of Zeeland in 1953. When their farmhouse is destroyed by the flood, teenage mother Julia gets separated from her baby boy, whom she kept hidden in a box. She is saved from drowning by a young air force lieutenant, who agrees to go help looking for Julia's little son.
Practical Effects
Genuinely terrifying water sequences shot in actual flooded polders.
Acting
Sylvia Hoeks' ferocious desperation carries the entire film.
Director
Ben Sombogaart
Sylvia Hoeks
Julia
Barry Atsma
Aldo Hendriks
Dirk Roofthooft
Julia's father
Monic Hendrickx
Julia's mother
Sanne den Hartogh
Koos
Katja Herbers
Krina
Bas Keijzer
Guus
Lottie Hellingman
Stientje
Elsa May Averill
Emma
Betty Schuurman
Mevrouw Haverkamp
Micha Hulshof
Piloot Theo
Mark Rietman
Majoor Vos
Katrien van Beurden
Boze vrouw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1953 North Sea flood killed over 1,800 people in the Netherlands; this film was released on its 56th anniversary.
Director Ben Sombogaart specifically cast relative unknowns to avoid distracting from the historical horror—Sylvia Hoeks would later star in Blade Runner 2049.
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