AA list of shorts, documentaries and television films by George Sluizer
Length 30 minutes
Format 35mm color / DVD
HOLD BACK THE SEA (1961) (“De lage landen”)
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20.000 prints worldwide
Directed by
George Sluizer
Summary
Holland is threatened from all sides by water. The film tells about the creation of Holland millions of years ago, the history and methods of land reclamation in the last five centuries. The film sets the everlasting struggle of its inhabitants against the sea in a clear perspective, combining prints, animation and traditional photography.
Script
George Sluizer
Photography
Eddy van der Enden / Prosper Dekeukeleire / Henk Haselaar
Camera assistant
Anton van Munster
Paintings
Roger Chailloux
Narration
Max Dendermonde
Editor
Olga Servaas
Production manager
Piet van Moock
Animation
Film Produktie Groep n.v.
Geological adviser
Prof. Dr. J.I.S. Zonneveld
Research
Dennis Segaller
Produced for
Shell Nederland n.v.
Production advisers
Film Centre, London
Acknowledgment
Joris Ivens for sequence from “Zuiderzee” (1932)
