The East

Aug 13, 2021

2h 17m

★ 5.9

A war between duty and conscience.

Overview

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.

Genres

War

Drama

Thriller

History

Production Companies

New Amsterdam Film Company

SALTO

Salto Film

Wrong Men

XYZ Films

Moonkey Animation

Kaninga Pictures

Ideosource Entertainment

France 2 Cinéma

Base Media Entertainment

The East Trailers

Cast

Johan de Vries

Martijn Lakemeier

Raymond "De Turk" Westerling

Marwan Kenzari

Mattias Cohen

Jonas Smulders

Werner de Val

Jim Deddes

Sjaak "Charlie" Rondhuis

Abel van Gijlswijk

Eddy Coolen

Coen Bril

Tinus de Val

Reinout Scholten van Aschat

Herman Keizer

Joes Brauers

Major Penders

Peter Paul Muller

Camp Commander Mulder

Mike Reus

Lieutenant Hartman

Huub Smit

Chaplain Janssen

Jeroen Perceval

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