The Silent Raid (1962)
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In 1944 Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, a band of Dutch resistance fighters plot to covertly rescue dozens of compatriots from the local Nazi prison.
- Date of release
- 1962-12-21
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- War, History, Drama
- Director
- Paul Rotha
Casting
- Rob de Vries — Piet Kramer
- Kees Brusse — Inspecteur Bakker
- Piet Römer — Eppie Bultsma
- Yoka Berretty — Mies
- Hans Culeman — Grundmann
- Riek Schagen — Wim's Mother
- Hans Boswinkel — Wim Douma
- Sacco van der Made — Merchant
- Pieter Lutz — Agent Turksma
- André van den Heuvel — Agent Teunisse
- Bernhard Droog — Jellema
- Henk Admiraal — Hein de Zwijger
Interesting facts
The Silent Raid is a 1962 Dutch war film directed by Paul Rotha. It is based on a true story from World War II: the raid on Leeuwarden prison of 8 December 1944. Without firing a shot, Dutch resistance members disguised as German SD and their prisoners entered the prison, freed 51 prisoners and vanished into the city. The Germans were unable to find any of the organizers or escapees.
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