The Forgotten Battle

The Forgotten Battle
Promotional release poster
DutchDe Slag om de Schelde
Directed byMatthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Screenplay byPaula van der Oest
Story by
  • Paula van der Oest
  • Jesse Maiman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLennert Hillege
Edited byMarc Bechtold
Music byEmilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Production
companies
  • Levitate Film
  • Caviar
Distributed bySeptember Films
Release dates
  • December 14, 2020 (2020-12-14) (Vlissingen)
  • June 5, 2021 (2021-06-05) (Netherlands)
  • October 15, 2021 (2021-10-15) (Netflix)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Languages
  • Dutch
  • English
  • German
Budget€14 million
Box office$6 million[1]

The Forgotten Battle (Dutch: De Slag om de Schelde) is a 2020 Dutch war drama film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. that depicts the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944. The film follows a Dutch Axis soldier played by Gijs Blom, a British glider pilot played by Jamie Flatters, and a resistance woman from Zeeland played by Susan Radder.

  1. ^ "The Forgotten Battle (2020)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 2021-10-07.