De film die nooit afkwam (2017)
In the late 1970s, filmmaker Frans Bromet worked on a film about Holocaust survivor and painter Sieg Maandag. The film was intended to answer the question of how one can continue living after a concentration camp. Sieg Maandag was the little boy in the famous photo in the American magazine LIFE, walking towards his freedom shortly after the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The film 'Life’s Picture' was never completed at the time due to a conflict between Bromet and the producer, who envisioned a heroic film about the Second World War, whereas Bromet wanted to keep it small and personal. Behind the search for answers to the question of why the film failed, a loving monument emerges to a survivor who, despite the misery he endured, managed to create a life in which optimism and inspiration predominated.
Director: Frans Bromet
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Frans Bromet as Self |
| Directing | Frans Bromet | Director |
| Crew | Frans Bromet | Cinematography |
| Editing | Silvia Bromet | Editor |
| Production | Saskia Boorsma | Researcher |
| Sound | Saskia Boorsma | Sound |
| Production | Martine Swildens | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sarah Dierckx | Producer |
| Production | Bibi Timmerman | Producer |
| Sound | Jesper Ankarfeld | Music |
| Sound | Oene Van Geel | Music |
| Editing | Ivo van Rijswijk | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Ruben Bromet | Music |
| Editing | Sander van Gaalen | Online Editor |