The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
184 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul VerhoevenDirector
- Kees HolierhoekScreenplay
- Gerard SoetemanScreenplay
- Paul VerhoevenScreenplay
- Rogier van OtterlooOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rutger HauerErik Lanshof
- Jeroen KrabbéGuus LeJeune
- Lex van DeldenNico
- Derek de LintAlex
- Huib RooymansJan Weinberg
- Dolf de VriesJack Ten Brinck
- Eddy HabbemaRobby Froost
- Belinda MeuldijkEsther
- Peter FaberWill Dostgaarde
- Rijk de GooyerGestapo Agent Breitner
- Paul BrandenburgSS-Obersturmführer Thelen
- Ward De RavetResistance Leader
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Themes
based on novel or bookespionageworld war iijew persecutionnetherlandsbrotherhoodmale friendshipnazi occupationcollege student1940sdutch resistance