In the summer of 1976 Deventer was completely captivated by the recordings. The city center was thoroughly overhauled for this. For example, nameplates were covered and houses were given a new lick of paint. Thousands of people from the area also applied for a role as extras. You received 68 guilders for ten hours of work.
In addition to brand awareness, work and excitement, the film recordings also generated a lot of money in Deventer. The municipality received a total of 5 million guilders from the production house. The premiere in 1977 passed the nose of Deventer. It took place in the United States.
Secretly on set
Many people from Deventer can still remember the recordings well. This is also the case with Fred Rosenkamp. At the age of 18 he befriended an errand boy of the producer and managed to get on the set of the war film with a forged pass. “Because of that boy I was able to take the best pictures, without people getting suspicious”, he says with a smile RTV East.
In the end, Rosenkamp was able to walk on set for months without being noticed. Once it almost went wrong. “I bumped into director Richard Attenborough on the set. Bad boy as I was, I asked him if I could watch him with him. He didn’t think that was such a good idea. Attenborough had not disappeared for a second when there were already security guards. around me. If I didn’t want to do that again. “
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