The Assault (1986)

Original title

De Aanslag

Directed by

Fons Rademakers

Genre

war film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

2h 24m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man looks back on a traumatic event from his childhood during World War II in the Netherlands. The story follows how one violent night shaped his life and the lives of those around him.

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What happens

The Assault (Dutch: De aanslag) is a 1986 film adaptation of the 1982 novel by Harry Mulisch. The film was directed and produced by Fons Rademakers. The main character is played by both Derek de Lint (in the present) and Marc van Uchelen (as a youth), whereas Monique van de Ven plays two different roles, one after the war (his first wife) and one in the war (a woman who participated in the assault and whom he meets later the same night in a dark police cell). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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