Soldier of Orange

Soldier of Orange Dutch Soldaat van Oranje , IPAsldat fn or is a 1977 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabb. 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. The story is based on the autobiographic book Soldaat van Oranje by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema.

The film is about a group of students from Leiden, the Netherlands, amongst them Erik Lanshof Rutger Hauer, Guus LeJeune Jeroen Krabb, Jan Weinberg Huib Rooymansnl , and Alex Derek de Lint. Robby Froost Eddy Habbemanl is a friend of Erik, and Esther Belinda Meuldijk is Robbys girlfriend. Each of them follow a different path and therefore have a different role in World War II, either as a collaborator or in the resistance. Part of the story is set in London, where Queen Wilhelmina Andrea Domburgnl has residence. The students Erik and Guus fight alongside Colonel Rafelli Edward Fox and soldier Susan Susan Penhaligon of the allied forces in London.The film begins with a flashforward in the form of a newsreel with a voiceover. Queen Wilhelmina is accompanied by Erik arriving in the Netherlands from London shortly after World War II. After the newsreel, the film starts in the late 1930s in Leiden, where freshmen undergo the humiliation of the initiation rites of their fraternity. Erik is picked out by Guus, the chair of the fraternity, who throws a bowl of soup over his head and injures him with the bowl. After this accident, Guus apologises to Erik, the two become close friends, and Guus offers him a room in his private student house in the centre of Leiden. In this house, the students Erik, Guus, Jacques, Jan, and Alex have a drink which confirms their new friendships. ........

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