The Resistance Banker (2018)

In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, banker brothers Walraven and Gijs van Hall face their greatest challenge yet when they decide to help fund the Dutch resistance.

Director:

Joram Lürsen

Writers:

Marieke van der Pol, Thomas van der Ree

Stars:

Jacob Derwig, Barry Atsma, Fockeline Ouwerkerk

7 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jacob Derwig	...	Gijs van Hall
Barry Atsma	...	Walraven van Hall
Fockeline Ouwerkerk	...	Tilly van Hall
Pierre Bokma	...	Meinoud Rost van Tonningen
Raymond Thiry	...	Van den Berg
Matteo van der Grijn	...	Huub van Schie
Jaap Spijkers	...	Cornelis Ritter
Thiemen Pelster	...	Aad van Hall
Liz Vergeer	...	Attie van Hall
Miya Hageman	...	Mary-Ann van Hall (infant)
Lizzy Vos	...	Mary-Ann van Hall (age 3)
Luit Bakker	...	Housemaid
Aafke Buringh	...	Emma van Hall
Violette Vandervelden	...	Marleen van Hall
Fenne van Roy	...	Deanne van Hall

Storyline

During the Nazi occupation, Amsterdam family banker Walraven van Hall enthusiastically accepts, despite brother-partner Gijs and many colleagues' reservations, to help the resistance by financing them with fake credits, for which the Dutch government in exile gives a post-war guarantee. As the war drags on, he largely exceeds the guaranteed sum and forges a coordination between resistance components, but the Germans plus collaborators set up a large operation to find and roll up the 'underground bank'. As Allied forces approach, a far larger sum is needed to pay for a massive railway strike, but the regular systems are exhausted. Walraven now devises a daring plan to liberate funds from the national bank by a complex web if forged promissory notes, but the ruthless SS is hot on their trail.

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Plot Keywords:

soldier | fight | war hero | resistance | world war two | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | War

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Official submission of Netherlands for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 91st Academy Awards in 2019.

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Goofs

An important episode in the story of Walraven van Hall is his narrow escape at the barbershop, one of his many escapes. He had a meeting with a resistance fighter in the house located above the barbershop. On his way up, Van Hall was stopped by the hairdresser. The hairdresser forced him to have a shave. While he was sitting in the barber's chair, the Germans arrested the other resistance fighter. Van Hall escaped. This scene can be seen in the film, but with a huge shooting, in which a resistance fighter is murdered in cold blood in the street. In reality this never happened.

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Connections

Referenced in De slimste mens ter wereld: Episode #15.1 (2019)

User Reviews

From a time when resistance actually meant something.

Great story, great acting, great pace. I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't know about the great people this movie is dedicated to, but this film does a great job of introducing me to this interesting part of history that shows what it takes to trully resist tyranny. Echt een fantastische film!

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Netherlands]

Country:

Netherlands Belgium

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

8 March 2018 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

The Resistance Banker

Filming Locations:

Koepelgevangenis, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,061,737

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dutch FilmWorks (DFW), NL Film, Evangelische Omroep (EO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1