The movie

Set for release in May 2025 during the 80th anniversary celebration of European Liberation Day, Old Heart is now filming in the Netherlands and Michigan.

Adapted from Peter Ferry’s award winning novel, Old Heart tells the story of Tom Johnson, an American soldier who is part of the Allied liberation of the Southern Netherlands in the fall of 1944. He works with a Jewish translator, Sarah van Praag, to smuggle food and supplies to starving residents of northern cities trapped behind Nazi lines. And they fall in love.

Sixty years later, in the summer of 2005, Tom foils his family’s plan to move him to an assisted living facility by taking a flight to the Netherlands. He is determined to find Sarah again, the love of his life. 

Old Heart will screen at theaters, museums, festivals, universities, performing arts centers, libraries and conference across the United States, in many Dutch cities and Belgium and Canada.

The Dutch Hunger Winter of 1944-45, is central to this screenplay which has won eight best feature film awards at festials in America and abroad. This movie is the Michigan production team’s fourth release, building on the successes of award winning films Waterwalk, Pilot Error and Coming Up For Air.

For details on supporting the production and release of this film and enquires about booking the film for an event or showing, please contact Producer Roger Rapoport rogerdrapoport@me.com

Old Heart Screenings in Holland

Old Heart Screenings