Bride Flight

{{short description|2008 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Bride Flight

| image = Bride_flight.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Ben Sombogaart

| producer = Hanneke Niens
Anton Smit

| writer = Marieke van der Pol

| narrator =

| starring = Karina Smulders
Waldemar Torenstra
Anna Drijver
Pleuni Touw
Petra Laseur
Elise Schaap
Willeke van Ammelrooy
Rutger Hauer

| music = Jeannot Sanavia

| cinematography = Piotr Kukla

| editing = Herman P. Koerts

| distributor = A-Film Distribution

| released = {{Film date|2008|10|15|df=y}}

| runtime = 130 minutes

| country = Netherlands

| language = Dutch

| budget =

}}

Bride Flight is a 2008 romantic drama film about three women and one man from the Netherlands, who all start new lives in New Zealand. It starts with the victory of the KLM flight in the 1953 London to Christchurch air race.{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bride-flight-2011|title=A fateful flight to, and from, marriage|work=RogerEbert.com|first=Roger|last=Ebert|date=28 June 2011|access-date=2 August 2021}} It was directed by Ben Sombogaart and stars Rutger Hauer, Elise Schaap, Anna Drijver, Karina Smulders and Waldemar Torenstra.{{cite news|last=Tucket|first=Graeme|title=Bride Flight|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/entertainment/reviews/2539362/Bride-Flight|accessdate=3 June 2011|newspaper=The Dominion Post|date=26 September 2009}} The Dutch singer Ilse DeLange wrote and sang the title song for the movie: "Miracle".

Premise

A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides.

Cast

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