2019: Multiple faces

War has many faces. There is not one truth. Every person has their own experience of the past. Wherever there are people, there are different perceptions and different memories. Personal stories therefore give multiple faces to one event. In Bridge to Liberation, various personal stories are told from a British, Polish, German and Dutch point of view.

Story: multiple faces

September 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, which included the Battle of Arnhem; the largest operation on Dutch soil during the Second World War.

In this special edition of Bridge to Liberation, the various personal stories were told in multi-perspectives and reinforced with musicians from different countries. Together with the audience and delegates from various countries, we looked back into history and carried the impact of the Battle of Arnhem into the future.

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Set list

Beethoven's 5th Symphony
The Gelders Orchestra conducted by Per-Otto Johansson

“Elégie” by G. Fauré
Julian Steckel and Het Gelders Orkest

“Say It Today”
André Hazes and The Gelders Orchestra

“Sunday Afternoon”
Alain Clark and The Gelders Orchestra

“True Colors”
Do and The Gelders Orchestra

“The Hunt” by Robert Battle
Introdans

Overture “Colas Breugnon” by D. Kabalevsky
The Gelders Orchestra

“You Raise Me Up”
The Gelders Orchestra & Tre Voci

“Hero”
Romy Monteiro and The Gelders Orchestra

“Little Boy”
André Hazes and The Gelders Orchestra

“Love Is All Around”
Wet Wet Wet and The Gelders Orchestra

“Father & Friend”
Alain & Dane Clark and The Gelders Orchestra

“This Is Me”
Romy Monteiro and The Gelders Orchestra

artists and storytellers

Introdance

credits

Sponsors

Municipality of Arnhem

Gelderland Commemorates

Province of Gelderland

Arnhem Entrepreneurs Fund

Arnhem Ambassadors

Nouryon

Dirkzwager

Rabobank

CCV

Omroep Gelderland

VSB Fund

Glasz Insurance

Petra de Kleermaeker Real Estate Agency

Studio34

Xmile

Kondor Wessels

KPLUSV

ING

Partners

National Committee 4 and 5 May

75 Years of Freedom

Liberation Route Europe

Europe Remembers

Airborne at the Bridge

Introdance

The Gelders Orchestra

Art effects

Airborne Museum

Dutch Open Air Museum

Artez

YOUCEE

Bridge to the Future

Gelders Archive

Omroep Gelderland

Rabo Bridge to Bridge

ROC Rijn IJssel

Lightning Ver

Pax for Peace

Pathé Arnhem

Show & Production project

André Hazes

Romy Monteiro

Do

Alan Clark

Dane Clark

Tre Voci

Law Law Law

Julian Steckel

Intro dance: Salvatore Castelli, Lucas Donner, Alberto Tardanico, Giuseppe Calabrese, Hayden Iris, Fabio Falsetti

Dan Snow, Eric Corton

Show

Business management & producer: Marieke van Kessel

Artistic direction & director: Alvin Williams

Conductor: Per-Otto Johansson

Lighting design: Uri Rapaport & Jeroen Jans

Sound design: Dick Scheepbouwer

Sound engineer: Guus Bridiér

Technical producer: Production World

Communications: Eva Agterberg

Content: Liana van Zwieten

Technical producer: Production WorldProduction assistance: Sandra Bulter, Eva Agterberg, Freekje Mollenhof

Fireworks: Dream Fireworks

Light & Sound: Stage Light

LED screens: Faber AV

Ponton: Van Hameren

Film

Crew:

Game director: Victor van Vloten

Image Director: Miguel Telheiro

Gaffer: Robert van Wingerden

Production Manager/Recording Manager: Ruben van der Horst

Camera Operator: Freek Linderloo

Camera Operator: Arno Kwint

Styling/Art director: Martina Bauer

Production assistant: Dennis van Ooyen

Director/Technical assistant: Amir Zaza

Hair and Make-up: Anne Heesink

Making Off: Bram Linderman

Suppliers:

Props: AWB Props

Weapons: ANTA Uniform and Props BV

Uniforms: Uniformverhuur.nl

Jeep: Frank Boesveld

Clothing: Theater group Oostpool

Road closure: Stefan Meesters – Van Amerongen

German Engine: Kenneth Ladee

Horse and carriage: Rick Steijn - Manege Mansour

Gruppe Flakfeld: Raphael van Leeuwen

Locations

Liberating Wings Museum

Mill site Sonsbeek

Koningsweg country estate

Special thanks to:

Gruppe Flakfeld

Riding school Mansour

Roy Boesveld

Theater group Oostpool

Municipality of Arnhem

Mill site Sonsbeek

Liberating Wings Museum

Omroep Gelderland

Director: Eduard Huis in 't Veld

Assistant director: Audrey Boeff

Producer: Martijn Veenhuizen

Operational production manager: Jan de Pijper, NEP

Management

Bart van Meer: chairman

Margret Vincent: treasurer

Inge Prudon: secretary

Bert de Jong

Marjolijn Brussaard

Robert Wittenberg

Chee-Fan Lee: official advisor

Special thanks

Actors:

Young German: Reindert Picavet

Tough German: Rutger Diepstra

German Officer: Marc Vlug

German Soldiers: Via Gruppe Flakfeld; Raphael van Leeuwen/Björn/Marc

Young Brit: Joppe Klein

British Soldiers: Dave Bijl, Jan Roefzema

Polish Parachutist: Anton Zwijsen

Polish Soldiers: Sjoerd Bisselink, Nicolas Chrereux, Stefan Schepers

American Pilot: Ruben te Witt

Other Soldiers:
Mark den Hoed,
Jan Roelfzema,
Stefan Schepers,
Dennis van Ooyen,
Ruben van der Horst

Sonsbeek's wife: Anne Freriks

Boys playing football: Valentijn, Thijmen, Leen

Man in Volkwijk: Dirk Gunter

Old woman: Betsy van der Zwaard

Family Mother: Sylvia Gerrits

Family Father: Pieter Looiaard

Family daughter: Amiek Verplak

Family son 1: Diego Boesveld

Family son 2: Joeke Groot

Canadian in Jeep: Frank Boesveld

Canadian Soldier: Robby Prinsen

Neighbor: Ruben van der Horst

Little Boy: Jesse van Butselaar

Figuration Sonsbeek: Lis Engelsman, Sebastiaan Bisseling

Voiceover:

Matteo van der Grijn

Graphic design: Dana Dijkgraaf Design

B2LX website: Business Stylist in collaboration with Dana Dijkgraaf Design

BRIDGE TO LIBERATION. THE IMPACT OF WAR AND THE VALUE OF FREEDOM.

Bridge to Liberation Foundation
Eusebiusbuitensingel 9
6828 HT Arnhem

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