The Assault

Feb 6, 1986

2h 24m

★ 6.8

Overview

At the end of WWII 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.

Genres

War

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Fons Rademakers Produktie

The Cannon Group

The Assault Trailers

Cast

Anton Steenwijk

Derek de Lint

Young Anton Steenwijk

Marc van Uchelen

Saskia de Graaff

Monique van de Ven

Cor Takes

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

German Officer

Christian Golusda

German Officer

Harold Bendig

Herring Seller

Lex Wiertz

Fake Ploeg

Huub van der Lubbe

Mrs. Beumer

Elly Weller

Karin Korteweg

Ina van der Molen

Father Steenwijk

Frans Vorstman

Mother Steenwijk

Edda Barends

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