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Voor koningin en vaderland

Original title: Voor koningin en vaderland

Year

1979

Rating

★ 6.5/10

Runtime

51 min

Seasons

1

Genres

Dramma, War & Politics

Voor koningin en vaderland (English: For Queen and Country) is a 1979 Dutch television miniseries created and written by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and Gerard Soeteman, and directed by Paul Verhoeven. The four-part serial is an extended version of Verhoeven's 1977 film Soldaat van Oranje (Solider of Orange). During World War II, Leiden students–among them Erik, Guus, Jan, Alex and Robby–collaborate and/or join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.

Cast: Susan Penhaligon, Belinda Meuldijk, Derek de Lint, Edward Fox, Jeroen Krabbé, Rutger Hauer