The Assault
– At the end of WW II the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch fam..
At the end of WW II the Dutch resistance kills a German officer in front of the house of a Dutch family. Years after the war the young boy who witnessed the killing runs into the members of the resistance who committed the killing.
06 Feb 1986
Dutch, English, German
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Fons Rademakers
Gerard Soeteman (scenario), Harry Mulisch (novel)
Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen, Monique van de Ven, John Kraaykamp
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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