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Director:
Fons Rademakers
Writers:
Gerard Soeteman (scenario) and
Harry Mulisch (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 February 1986 (Netherlands) more
Genre:
Drama | History | Romance | War more
Plot:
In January 1945, during the 2nd world-war, the Dutch resistance kills a collaborator in the street where the 12 year old Anton Steenwijk lives... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 wins more
User Comments:
Great Dutch drama. more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Derek de Lint ... Anton Steenwijk
Marc van Uchelen ... Young Anton Steenwijk
Monique van de Ven ... Saskia de Graaff / Truus Coster
John Kraaykamp ... Cor Takes
Huub van der Lubbe ... Fake Ploeg
Elly Weller ... Mrs. Beumer
Ina van der Molen ... Karin Korteweg
Frans Vorstman ... Father Steenwijk
Edda Barends ... Mother Steenwijk
Casper de Boer ... Peter Steenwijk
Wim de Haas ... Mr. Korteweg
Hiske van der Linden ... Young Karin Korteweg
Piet de Wijn ... Mr. Beumer
Akkemay ... Sandra
Kees Coolen ... Gerrit-Jan
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Assault (Canada: English title) (USA)
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Runtime:
Argentina:124 min | Spain:141 min | USA:144 min
Country:
Netherlands
Language:
Dutch | English | German
Color:
Color (Fujicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Great Dutch drama., 17 January 2004
8/10
Author: Boba_Fett1138 from Groningen, The Netherlands

The Dutch are not great at making movies but when they make a WW II movie it often is a little masterpiece. "De Aanslag" is a movie like this.

"De Aanslag" isn't necessarily about WW II but more about the effects of it on a persons life and why things happen the way they do and how little things can effect a persons life for ever. Most of the movie's story is set in the years after WW II and uses flashbacks of things that happened in WW II to make more things clear and to show things from a different perspective from different individuals that were involved in the incident were the movie is about. It becomes more and more clear what happened at the night that collaborator Ploeg was killed but the Dutch resistance and more importantly why things happened the way it happened. The story also shows a detailed view of the Netherlands and their citizens the years and decades after WW II and how it still affected many.

There are many great returning characters in the story and the acting is for especially Dutch standards pretty high. Derek de Lint who now is better know world wide for his role as Derek Rayne in "Poltergeist: The Legacy" is a great leading man that really carries the movie.

The cinematography from Theo van de Sande who later did the cinematography for the movie hit "Blade" is great and sets a nice mood. The directing by Fons Rademakers is done wonderfully and it never makes the movie hard to follow even though at times it gets a bit complicated.

Great Dutch Oscar winning drama with some memorable moments and a fantastic ending were everything comes together and gets clear.

8/10

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