The Assault

IMDb link: 0090576
IMDb rating: 7.2 (3,638 votes)
Genres: Drama, War, Romance, History
Director: Monique van de Ven, Fons Rademakers, Marc van Uchelen
Cast: Derek de Lint, John Kraaijkamp Sr. and others

Release date: 6 Feb 1986
Release year: 1986
Runtime: 144 minutes
Country: Netherlands
Keywords: haarlem netherlands, 1940s, year 1966, netherlands, 20th century, europe, year 1956, year 1965, year 1983, 1960s

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. The man was shot in front of his neighbors house, but is moved by them to the house of the family Steenwijk. Because of this, his father, mother and brother are killed by the Germans, and their house is set to fire. During his life, Anton meets several people that tell him more about what really happened on the night of the assault.

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