''Bride Flight'' is a 2008 romantic drama film about three women and one man from the Netherlands, who all start new lives in New Zealand. It starts with the victory of the
KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amste ...
flight in the
1953 London to Christchurch air race
The 1953 London to Christchurch air race, the "Last Great Air Race", was long, from Heathrow Airport, London Airport (now London Heathrow) to Christchurch Airport, Christchurch International Airport in New Zealand, and took place in October 195 ...
.
It was directed by
Ben Sombogaart
Bernard Cornelis (Ben) Sombogaart (born 8 August 1947) is a Dutch film and TV director.
His film '' Twin Sisters'' (2002) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Filmography
*''The Boy Who Stopped Talking'' (1996)
*' ...
and stars
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century.
Hauer's career began in 1969 with the title role in the Dutch television series ' ...
,
Elise Schaap
Elise Schaap (born 21 September 1982) is a Dutch actress.
Career
Elise Schaap acts in television series and films. In the popular television series ''Familie Kruys'', she played a pregnant Romanian bride. Schaap played the girlfriend of a drug ...
,
Anna Drijver
Anna Drijver (born 1 October 1983) is a Dutch actress and model.
Biography
The Hague-born Drijver has practised classical ballet from the age of 6, and has worked as a model since she was fourteen. She appeared in the television series ''Goede T ...
,
Karina Smulders
Karina Smulders is a Dutch stage, television and film actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as ...
and
Waldemar Torenstra
Waldemar Govinda Torenstra (born 29 March 1974 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch actor. For several years he worked as an actor in the Noord Nederlands Toneel (NNT, English language, En: "North Netherlands Stage"), a touring theater company.
Career
After ...
.
The Dutch singer
Ilse DeLange
Ilse Annoeska de Lange (born 13 May 1977), better known as Ilse DeLange, is a Dutch country and pop rock singer-songwriter. As a member of The Common Linnets, she finished in second place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
Biography
Ilse An ...
wrote and sang the title song for the movie: "
Miracle
A miracle is an event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific lawsOne dictionary define"Miracle"as: "A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divin ...
".
Cast
*
Karina Smulders
Karina Smulders is a Dutch stage, television and film actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as ...
as Ada Van Holland
**
Pleuni Touw
Pleuni Touw (born 8 November 1938) is a Dutch film, television and theatre actress best known for her role in the 1974 miniseries '' De Stille Kracht'', which featured the first televised nude scene in Dutch history.
Life and career
Touw was bor ...
as Old Ada Van Holland
*
Anna Drijver
Anna Drijver (born 1 October 1983) is a Dutch actress and model.
Biography
The Hague-born Drijver has practised classical ballet from the age of 6, and has worked as a model since she was fourteen. She appeared in the television series ''Goede T ...
as Esther Cahn
**
Willeke van Ammelrooy
Willy Geertje van Ammelrooij (born 5 April 1944), known as Willeke van Ammelrooy, is a Dutch actress and director.
Life and career
Willeke van Ammelrooy was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She attended drama school in Amsterdam.
Van Ammelr ...
as Old Esther Cahn
*
Elise Schaap
Elise Schaap (born 21 September 1982) is a Dutch actress.
Career
Elise Schaap acts in television series and films. In the popular television series ''Familie Kruys'', she played a pregnant Romanian bride. Schaap played the girlfriend of a drug ...
as Marjorie Mullin
**
Petra Laseur as Old Marjorie Mullin
*
Waldemar Torenstra
Waldemar Govinda Torenstra (born 29 March 1974 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch actor. For several years he worked as an actor in the Noord Nederlands Toneel (NNT, English language, En: "North Netherlands Stage"), a touring theater company.
Career
After ...
as Frank de Rooy
**
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century.
Hauer's career began in 1969 with the title role in the Dutch television series ' ...
as Old Frank de Rooy
* Micha Hulshof as Derk Visser
* Mattijn Hartemink as Hans Doorman
* Walter Bart as Leon
Premise
A
romantic drama
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds forever changed when they
emigrate
Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanentl ...
to
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
as
war brides
War brides are women who married military personnel from other countries in times of war or during military occupations, a practice that occurred in great frequency during World War I and World War II.
Among the largest and best documented examp ...
.
References
External links
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2008 films
2008 romantic drama films
Aviation films
Dutch romantic drama films
Films based on actual events
Films directed by Ben Sombogaart
Films set in New Zealand
Films shot in New Zealand
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