4 real historical locations · Netherlands
A thriller set in occupied Netherlands in 1940, where a German soldier sent to protect the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II falls for a Dutch housemaid who may be a British spy. An exploration of loyalty, complicity, and desire under occupation.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Netherlands.
A German officer is assigned to guard exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II at Huis Doorn in the occupied Netherlands.
Kaiser Wilhelm II lived in exile at Huis Doorn from 1920 until his death in June 1941. When Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, Hitler offered the Kaiser a return to Germany — he declined. He died just weeks befo...
View location →Former Kaiser Wilhelm II lives in self-imposed exile at Doorn House. A young German officer, Stefan Brandt, is assigned to investigate a suspected British sp...
Kaiser Wilhelm II lived at Doorn from 1920 until his death in June 1941. When Germany occupied the Netherlands in 1940, Hitler visited him. Wilhelm refused a Nazi public role but privately welcomed the occupation.
View location →Mieke de Jong, the Dutch-Jewish woman Brandt loves, is connected to the Amsterdam resistance. Her survival depends on her relationship with a German officer ...
The Dutch resistance included the Communist underground and Zionist networks protecting Jews. Amsterdam's Jewish community of 80,000 was reduced to under 5,000 by liberation through deportation and hiding.
View location →SS and SD command for the Netherlands operates from The Hague. Brandt's superiors press him to identify the British spy in the Kaiser's household, while Himm...
The Hague was the seat of the German occupation authority in the Netherlands under Reichskommissar Arthur Seyss-Inquart. Over 100,000 Dutch Jews were deported to their deaths under his administration.
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