The Resistance Banker (2018)

Original title

Bankier van het Verzet

Directed by

Joram Lürsen

Genre

war film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 272 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Dutch banker risks everything to secretly funnel money to the resistance during World War II. He uses his financial skills to outwit the Nazis and keep the operation alive under constant threat.

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What happens

The Resistance Banker (Dutch: Bankier van het Verzet) is a 2018 Dutch World War II period drama film directed by Joram Lürsen. It is based on the life of banker Walraven van Hall who financed the Dutch resistance during the war. It became the most-watched Dutch film of 2018 and was nominated for eleven Golden Calves, the first time that a film received so many nominations for the award. It won four Golden Calves, among them the prizes for Best Film and Best Actor. It was also selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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