My grandmother and her three children (amongst which my mother) were in Japanese war-camps on Java in the Dutch Indies now Indonesia. In Holland we used to call this part of WWII the forgotten war as, for nearly 50 years the Dutch were only discussing the war in Europe and therefore many people were very pleased that this movie was created.
Several years after it's release I saw the movie today for the second time and, I found it surprisingly good. The music moved me and luckily it was not as sentimental as I thought I remembered.
Although the credits mention only Betty Jeffrey, I know that Paradise Road is also based on "Song of Survival" by Helen Colijn. Both Helen and Betty were in this camp. Betty Jeffrey's "White Coolies: Australian nurses behind enemy lines" is the other source for this movie.
Several years after it's release I saw the movie today for the second time and, I found it surprisingly good. The music moved me and luckily it was not as sentimental as I thought I remembered.
Although the credits mention only Betty Jeffrey, I know that Paradise Road is also based on "Song of Survival" by Helen Colijn. Both Helen and Betty were in this camp. Betty Jeffrey's "White Coolies: Australian nurses behind enemy lines" is the other source for this movie.