It's a biopic based chiefly during World War II in Haarlem, The Netherlands, and the Ravenbrück concentration camp in Germany and follows the wartime experiences of the Ten Boom family.
Casper Ten Boom (John Schuck) is a widowed elderly watchmaker in his 80s in Haarlem. He lives with his two unmarried daughters, Corrie (Nan Gurley) and Betsie (Carrie Tillis). Corrie effectively runs the shop by the time of the war. Early in the war, the shop hires a young German named Otto as an apprentice. However, his strong pro-German and anti-Christian views during the war lead him to depart.
One night in 1942, a Jewish refugee visits the Ten Booms seeking shelter. They agree to temporarily hide her until Willem, another child of Casper's, can safely transport her to the countryside. We see the Ten Booms increasing involvement in the Dutch Resistance to help Jews escape, though they refuse to assist in killing collaborators.
Eventually, the Germans catch the Ten Booms and take them to Germany. We learn the experiences and fates of all three ten Booms, with particular emphasis on Corrie's struggles of faith throughout.
"The Hiding Place" is a heavy-handed Christian tract that focuses more on the faith struggles of the ten Booms than on the people they rescued. This focus is unfortunate. The filming of the stage play is quite artistically done, though the play script contains some deficiencies in dialogue. There are also some creative character interchanges scattered throughout.
The heavy-handedness comes in the introductory comments of the cast members and producers in an introduction before the main film and in the last 15 minutes or so of the film that drives the Christian message home. The Otto character, who I assume is fictitious, is an obvious straw villain who sees the light at the end. Essentially, "The Hiding Place" is a Sunday night movie for the church basement.
Casper Ten Boom (John Schuck) is a widowed elderly watchmaker in his 80s in Haarlem. He lives with his two unmarried daughters, Corrie (Nan Gurley) and Betsie (Carrie Tillis). Corrie effectively runs the shop by the time of the war. Early in the war, the shop hires a young German named Otto as an apprentice. However, his strong pro-German and anti-Christian views during the war lead him to depart.
One night in 1942, a Jewish refugee visits the Ten Booms seeking shelter. They agree to temporarily hide her until Willem, another child of Casper's, can safely transport her to the countryside. We see the Ten Booms increasing involvement in the Dutch Resistance to help Jews escape, though they refuse to assist in killing collaborators.
Eventually, the Germans catch the Ten Booms and take them to Germany. We learn the experiences and fates of all three ten Booms, with particular emphasis on Corrie's struggles of faith throughout.
"The Hiding Place" is a heavy-handed Christian tract that focuses more on the faith struggles of the ten Booms than on the people they rescued. This focus is unfortunate. The filming of the stage play is quite artistically done, though the play script contains some deficiencies in dialogue. There are also some creative character interchanges scattered throughout.
The heavy-handedness comes in the introductory comments of the cast members and producers in an introduction before the main film and in the last 15 minutes or so of the film that drives the Christian message home. The Otto character, who I assume is fictitious, is an obvious straw villain who sees the light at the end. Essentially, "The Hiding Place" is a Sunday night movie for the church basement.