Soldier of Orange (1977)
Soldaat van Oranje
Love first. Fight later
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.
- Date of release
- 1977-09-22
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (185)
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
Casting
- Rutger Hauer — Erik Lanshof
- Jeroen Krabbé — Guus LeJeune
- Lex van Delden — Nico
- Derek de Lint — Alex
- Huib Rooymans — Jan Weinberg
- Dolf de Vries — Jack Ten Brinck
- Eddy Habbema — Robby Froost
- Belinda Meuldijk — Esther
- Peter Faber — Will Dostgaarde
- Rijk de Gooyer — Gestapo Agent Breitner
- Paul Brandenburg — SS-Obersturmführer Thelen
- Ward De Ravet — Resistance Leader
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Amsterdam
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Soldier of Orange, released in the United Kingdom as Survival Run, is a 1977 Dutch romantic war thriller film directed and co-written by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, based on Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema's autobiographical book of the same name. Starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbé, the film is set around the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and shows how individual students have different roles in the war.
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