Lovers of the warfare movie style, you could not have heard of this hidden gem, which is at present streaming freed from cost.
Soldier of Orange was launched in 1977 and is a Dutch romantic warfare thriller movie directed and co-written by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer. It was based mostly on Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema’s autobiographical guide of the identical identify. Starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbé, the movie is ready throughout the German occupation of the Netherlands that came about in World War II.
The movie’s synopsis reads: “A Dutch aristocrat and his university friends join the resistance movement against the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Others have a different role in the war, as collaborators. Queen Wilhelmina, meanwhile, lives in exile in London.”
Soldier of Orange acquired a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980, and on the 1999 Netherlands Film Festival, it was voted the second-best Dutch movie of the 20th century.
The movie has amassed a powerful 92% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes, with one critic stating: “This brilliantly made war film helped alert Hollywood to Verhoeven’s talents.”
A viewer stated: “It is a masterpiece co-directed by the main character himself. It takes you through an era where, without warning, an entire country is occupied by night. No internet, no mobiles and no drones. Close to Germany, the resistance in a small country was extremely dangerous, taking into account the number of resistance died in camps or were shot all over the country. Dozens of pilots were helped to escape to the UK, and numerous Jews survived thanks to the bravery of a few. The film takes you to the daily life and struggles, and decisions of the 30’s. A Dutch top cast including Hauer, Krabbe, and many others. That’s why Verhoeven is Verhoeven.”
Another stated: “One of the best war movies ever made. I watched it all along, and I was so into it that when I saw the intermission, I was shocked as if I just watched 30 minutes of the movie and that to me is the secret of the great movie, they keep you into the storyline no matter what.”
Soldier of Orange is out there to stream freed from cost on Tubi, and can also be on Amazon Prime.
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