Culver City, CA (May 16, 2011) – Winter in Wartime, the winner of the Golden Calf Award at the 2009 Netherlands Film Festival as well as Best Actor (Martijn Lakemeier), Best Supporting Actor (Raymond Thiry) and Best Production Design, will be released on a Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack on July 26, 2011 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Directed and co-written by Martin Koolhoven, this Sony Pictures Classics film will be available for an SLP of $45.99 for the Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack which will include “The Making of Winter in Wartime†featurette.
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Synopsis
Nazi-occupied Holland, 1945. In a snow-covered village, thirteen-year-old Michiel (Martijn Lakemeier) is drawn into the Resistance when he aids a British paratrooper. Michiel’s boyish sense of defiance and adventure soon turns to danger and desperation, as Michiel is forced to act without knowing whom to trust among the adults and townspeople around him. Wartime’s harsh reality encroaches on childhood innocence as Michiel confronts good and evil, courage and duplicity, and his own burden of responsibility.
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Winter in Wartime  was directed by Martin Koolhoven. Written by Paul Jan Nelissen, Mieke de Jong and Martin Koolhoven. Based on the book by Jan Terlouw.  Produced by Els Vandevorst for Isabella Films, San Fu Maltha for Fu Works and Antonio Lombardo for Prime Time Omroep Max. Starring Martijn Lakemeier, Yorick Van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Raymond Thiry.