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Based on real events, Soldier of Orange tells the story of Dutchman Erik Lanshof (a star-making performance by Rutger Hauer) and a small group of students as they struggle to survive the Nazi occupation to the end of the Second World War. The destinies of the characters range from joining the German army to making for England, the OSS and the Resistance. Across a canvas lasting almost three hours director Paul Verhoeven unfolds a saga of friendship, espionage and romance with almost documentary realism--though not as graphically violent as his later American films the torture scenes are intense--crafting a deeply affecting film widely regarded as the greatest ever made in Holland. Comparable recent films such as Enigma (2001) and Charlotte Gray (2002) do not come close. Hauer is brilliant at the heart of what is a detailed and thoughtful drama made with integrity and passion. Co-star Jeroen Krabbé has gone onto a notable career in Hollywood, while Edward Fox and Susan Penhaligon provide more familiar faces for British audiences. The film is shot in Dutch, German and English and subtitled as necessary. Twenty years later Verhoeven made Starship Troopers in 1997, a satirical science-fiction companion to this modern European classic.--Gary S Dalkin
Special Features
Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
Dutch
Region 0
Dolby Digital Dutch
Dolby Digital
Star And Director Filmographies
Scene Selection
Tom Dawson Film Notes
Original Theatrical Trailers
World Cinema Trailer Reel
English
DVD 9
Dutch
Region 0
Dolby Digital Dutch
Dolby Digital
Star And Director Filmographies
Scene Selection
Tom Dawson Film Notes
Original Theatrical Trailers
World Cinema Trailer Reel
English
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59 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
By far the best Paul Verhoeven film I've seen,
By M. C. Barres-Baker "\Malcolm Barres-Baker" (Buckinghamshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Soldier of Orange [1977] [DVD] [2007] (DVD)
Despite being made in the 1970s, before he became famous, this is by far the best Paul Verhoeven film I have ever seen. Based on an autobiographical account, it chronicles the fate of six Leiden University students (one of them Jewish, one of them half-German) after the Germans invade, concentrating on the experiences of Rutger Hauer's character, who eventually becomes an ADC to Queen Wilhelmina. A lot of Verhoeven's concerns in other films are evident here, notable unpleasant violence, betrayal within the Resistance (not surprisingly given the Dutch experience - if I remember rightly much of the Resistance was compromised by German intelligence fairly early on) and women getting their tops off, but unlike 'Black Book' the story is relatively plausible and, like 'Black Book', the period atmosphere is, barring a few errors, pretty good.
British viewers will be glad to know that a significant part of the middle of the film is in English (with Edward Fox and Susan Penhaligon as a British and his ATS aide), and that the subtitling is, apart from one whopping great mistake, decent. One of the better war films of the 1970s, I heartily recommend this film to anyone interested in the war, Holland or the careers of Verhoeven or Hauer.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best dutch movie made.,
By J. Spiegelenberg (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Soldier of Orange [DVD] (DVD)
As a dutch man I have seen this great movie several times. It's what has been mentioned in one of the previous reviews: Dutch cultural heritage. Finally I have bought this movie on DVD now from Amazon. I have tried to buy the DVD in The Netherlands which to my knowledge is impossible at the moment. Probably sold out. Anyways, the movie: for a low-budget movie making country, this is an unusual movie which falls in the category 'great 2nd world war epics' and is to be compared with movies like 'A Bridge too far'. One of the remarkable parts about this movie is that it is showing the thin line between being one of the 'good guys' and one of the 'bad guys' which you did not see that often in those days. One of the negative aspects for non-dutch people whatching this movie is that some scenes might not be fully understandable, because it is 'typically dutch' and not explained to the viewer in any way. I hope the sequel will be made.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Soldier of Orange [1977] [DVD] [2007] (DVD)
I found this movie excellent very informative, enjoyable and griping throughout highly recommended. As an English speaker with poor Dutch language skills had no problems following the subtitles. The other reviews say what the general storyline is about so I won't mention that. Easily as good as Black Book also puts other movies such as the Hiding place into context.
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