The Assault (film)


The Assault Dutch De aanslag is a 1986 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Harry Mulisch. The film was directed and produced by Fons Rademakers. The main character is played by both Derek de Lint in the present and Marc van Uchelen as a youth, whereas Monique van de Ven plays two different roles, one after the war his first wife and one in the war a woman who participated in the assault and whom he meets later the same night in a dark police cell.

After the Netherlands are liberated from Nazi occupation, Anton remains shaken by what has happened. The story moves between the end of World War II and the 1980s, following Steenwijks often reluctant quest for the truth about the events of that traumatic night.The film won the 1986 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Space Needle of the Seattle International Film Festival. ........

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