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The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.


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.

Derek de Lint
Anton Steenwijk
Marc van Uchelen
Young Anton Steenwijk

Monique van de Ven
Saskia de Graaff

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.
Cor Takes
Christian Golusda
German Officer
Harold Bendig
German Officer
Lex Wiertz
Herring Seller

Huub van der Lubbe
Fake Ploeg
Elly Weller
Mrs. Beumer

Ina van der Molen
Karin Korteweg
The Assault is a war, drama, thriller film released in 1986 exploring themes of destruction of a civilization, nazi, world war ii, famine, gestapo, post war. Directed by Fons Rademakers, it stars Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen, Monique van de Ven. 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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