Bride's Flight

“Bride’s Flight” is the story of 3 Dutch war brides taking a KLM flight in 1953 to New Zealand in order to meet their new husbands and escape from war torn Holland. Filmed in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand, the picture was directed by Ben Sombogaart and written by Marieke van der Pol. Not exactly household names. The three women are played by Anna Dryver, Elise Schaap and Karina Smuldlers who will likewise be unfamiliar to American audiences but nevertheless quite captivating in their performances. This is a well written, well edited and equally well directed film as the paths of those on the plane cross at various times in their respective lives and impact upon them and those in their families. I give this film 3 stars and suggest that you try to see it asap since it has been around for some time and is slowly (or not so slowly) being phased out of most of the small theaters where it opened originally.