This movie is absolutely dreadful in many ways !!
a) As a movie of any kind, about any place, and about any event. (script , acting, plot, direction, etc – all are very, very poor indeed)
b) an a "faction" account of a historical event (compare : depict concentration camps as holiday resorts and you get the idea.)
c) as an alleged representation of a real country (a province) in 1963 (the date of the event). Go to Disney Land or another fantasy and be disappointed when seeing the real thing.
If you see a commercial made by a local tourist bureau you expect that many things are made a bit "rosy" and more attractive than when you get there. Indeed, the scenes of the villages etc. are lovely .. and false.
AND INDEED, by golly, the local provincial governments (i.e. the taxpayers) DID put a lot of money in this movie.
Yes, I am Dutch. Yes, I remember the winter of 1963. Yes, I myself skated on that day – although my "endurance" was a far cry from the participants of this 200 kilometers competition AND (simultaneous) "recreational" skaters.
(Just a statistic: 9.862 people started, i.e. participated – 127 made it to the finish.)
a) As a movie of any kind, about any place, and about any event. (script , acting, plot, direction, etc – all are very, very poor indeed)
b) an a "faction" account of a historical event (compare : depict concentration camps as holiday resorts and you get the idea.)
c) as an alleged representation of a real country (a province) in 1963 (the date of the event). Go to Disney Land or another fantasy and be disappointed when seeing the real thing.
If you see a commercial made by a local tourist bureau you expect that many things are made a bit "rosy" and more attractive than when you get there. Indeed, the scenes of the villages etc. are lovely .. and false.
AND INDEED, by golly, the local provincial governments (i.e. the taxpayers) DID put a lot of money in this movie.
Yes, I am Dutch. Yes, I remember the winter of 1963. Yes, I myself skated on that day – although my "endurance" was a far cry from the participants of this 200 kilometers competition AND (simultaneous) "recreational" skaters.
(Just a statistic: 9.862 people started, i.e. participated – 127 made it to the finish.)