The Hiding Place
Reviewed by: Dale and Karen Mason
STAFF WRITERS
| Moral Rating: | Excellent! |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Jr. High to Adults |
| Genre: | Christian Biography History Drama Adaptation |
| Length: | 2 hr. 30 min. |
| Year of Release: | 1975 |
| USA Release: |
May 1975 |
Doing what is right, no matter the cost
Courage, bravery, self-sacrifice
For a follower of Christ, what is love—a feeling, an emotion, or an action?
What does the Bible say about humility?
How and why did Jesus greatly humble himself for us? Answer
Why does God allow innocent people to suffer?
What about the issue of suffering? Doesn’t this prove that there is no God and that we are on our own? Answer
Why is the world the way it is? If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and loving, would He really create a world like this? (filled with oppression, suffering, death and cruelty) Answer
ORIGIN OF BAD THINGS—Why are they in our world if a good God created us? Answer
Sin, depravity and the fall of man
PERSECUTION—Why and how should we pray for suffering Christians? Answer
Prisons in the Bible
| Featuring |
Julie Harris … Betsie ten Boom Jeannette Clift … Corrie ten Boom Arthur O'Connell … Casper ten Boom, “Papa” Robert Rietty … Willem ten Boom Pamela Sholto … Tine Paul Henley … Peter ten Boom Richard Wren … Kik ten Boom Broes Hartman … Dutch Policeman Lex van Delden (Lex Van Delden) … Young German Officer Tom van Beek (Tom Van Beek) … Dr. Heemstra Nigel Hawthorne … Pastor De Ruiter John Gabriel … Professor Zeiner See all » |
| Director |
James F. Collier |
| Producer |
World Wide Pictures (WWP) |
| Distributor |
World Wide Pictures (WWP)
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“The true story of a family that fought the Nazi madness with the only weapon they had. Love.”
This intense story is a superbly produced drama about the lives, sufferings, and triumphant joys of the ten Boom family. Imprisoned in Nazi Germany’s Ravensbrook concentration camp for helping to save the lives of Jews by harboring them in their Holland home, Corrie ten Boom and her sister, Betsie, suffer inhuman treatment at the hands of Nazi prison guards. The love between the two sisters and toward their God deepens as their trials intensify.
Although “The Hiding Place” contains some brief scenes of violence and almost indiscernible cursing, it is extremely valuable and highly recommended. There is something very special and sobering about watching a show like this, always knowing that both the terrible sufferings and the triumphant joys were real. Try to provide an atmosphere as free from potential interruptions as possible. Doing so will greatly enhance this inspiring and timeless story.
The title refers to both the literal hiding place where the ten Boom family hid Jews from the Nazis, and also to the Scriptural message found in Psalm 119:114: “Thou art my hiding place and my shield…”
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Highly recommend this. It is a great teaching aid, to show the depths of hell and human depravity, and the power of our Savior’s love.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Excellent! / Moviemaking quality: 5