Soldier of Orange

Soldier of Orange

1977 · 148 min · NL · R · 7.1 (134 votes)
Dir. Paul Verhoeven · Starring Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Lex van Delden, Derek de Lint, Huib Rooymans, Dolf de Vries · Music Rogier van Otterloo

Love first. Fight later

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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.

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A sweeping, character-focused war epic that captures the harrowing choices and shifting allegiances of young men caught in the Dutch resistance. It's a gripping, somber look at brotherhood tested by the brutal realities of Nazi occupation.

tenseheroicsombergrippingsteadyepic war dramahistorical realismcharacter-drivenresistancebetrayalfriendshipsacrifice
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based on novel or bookespionageworld war iijew persecutionnetherlandsbrotherhoodmale friendshipnazi occupationcollege student1940sdutch resistance
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