The Assault(Movie, 1986)

Name: The Assault
Genre: History, Drama, War
Released: 1986
Duration: T02:24:00
Rating: 3.4

Original title: "De Aanslag" (Dutch/NL)

2h 24min | Genres: History, Drama, War

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 16 votes)

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). ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Assault

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

About The Assault

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.

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Trailer for The Assault + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Assault (De Aanslag) [Oscar's Best Foreign Movie](Trailer, 1:54)

Additional Information

Production country: Netherlands

Plays in: Netherlands

Based on: "The Assault" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Cannon Group, Fons Rademakers Produktie

Original language: Dutch (NL)

Spoken languages: German (DE), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU)

Translated into 13 languages: German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/06/1986

Cast: Derek de Lint, Monique van de Ven, Ludwig Haas, Marc van Uchelen, John Kraaijkamp, Sr., Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Pierre Bokma, Christian Golusda, Filip Bolluyt, Gijs de Lange, Eric van der Donk, Edda Barends, Mies de Heer, Manon Alving, Frans Vorstman

Director: Fons Rademakers

Producer: Fons Rademakers

Screenwriter: Gerard Soeteman

Director of Photography: Theo van de Sande

Composer: Jurriaan Andriessen

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Der Anschlag"

"O Assalto"

"Der Anschlag"

Keywords: famine, nazi, destruction of a civilization, world war ii, gestapo, post war

Revenue: 203,781 USD

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The Assault(Movie, 1986)

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