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Soldier Of Orange [DVD] [1978]

DVD ~ Rutger Hauer
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox, Lex van Delden
  • Directors: Paul Verhoeven
  • Writers: Paul Verhoeven, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Gerard Soeteman, Kees Holierhoek
  • Producers: Rob Houwer
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language Dutch, English, German
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Tartan Video
  • DVD Release Date: 27 May 2002
  • Run Time: 149 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000649JF
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 56,209 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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
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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars By far the best Paul Verhoeven film I've seen, 14 May 2007
By Malcolm Barres-Baker (London) - See all my reviews
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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.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a great dutch war movie ....., 18 Sep 2007
This review is from: Soldier of Orange [1977] [DVD] [2007] (DVD)
i had heard a lot about this movie before i bought it , but that can be a real negative as expectations often let one down , but i did really enjoy this movie . i thought the story built up the characters very well indeed and then took enough time to let you live the paths that they or fate had chosen for them , i do not believe in telling you the general plot as the last reviewer has already done so better than i could have , but if you are after a good story centred around world war two then this is another one i would recommend , again another side of suffering and destiny of people caught up in world war two this time from the dutch perspective , especially for me the experiences of the dutch resisitance that was infiltrated so well by the germans , all in all another one for the dvd collection .
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best dutch movie made., 18 Jan 2005
By J. Spiegelenberg (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
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.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A bit dull
Im a Verhoeven and Rutger fan, and a WW2 film fan also, so really wanted to like this film. However it is suprisingly lacking in tension or decent action scenes. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Sandman

4.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable
I found this film utterly absorbing and very moving. I would rate it as one of the best war films I have seen. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mrs. M. M. Haworth

3.0 out of 5 stars Dutch Courage
This is an odd film, very much of its era, a number of chums at university in the Netherlands go down many different paths over the years of the war. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Charles Vasey

5.0 out of 5 stars Great War Movie
I first heard about this movie 30 years ago but only managed to see it yesterday.
I was stunned by it (ignore the negative reviews - they obviously missed the whole point of... Read more
Published 19 months ago by ray dorrity

5.0 out of 5 stars Easily Verhoeven's best
This movie works on many levels, but not at the same time. It is informative of the Dutch war situation, yes, but not literally. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Michel Couzijn

1.0 out of 5 stars INCREDIBLY NAIVE
THIS INCREDIBLY NAIVE FILM ABOUT SO IMPORTANT A SUBJECT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN MADE BY A TEN YEAR OLD CHILD,
Published 21 months ago by J.M.R.

1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't follow the dialogue
This looked like a very interesting film but the subtitling was so poor that, as I don't speak Dutch, I couldn't follow the action as closely as I wanted. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. J. C. Francis

1.0 out of 5 stars Rubbish!
2 dimensional characterisations. Quite the worst film I have seen in the last 5 years. Please don't bother!
Published 22 months ago by P. A. Tonkin

5.0 out of 5 stars Soldier of Orange
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... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Martin Hodges

4.0 out of 5 stars Paul Verhoeven's best film (in fact, his only really good one apart, perhaps, from 'Starship Troopers'
Despite being made in the 1970s, before he became famous, this is by far the best Paul Verhoeven film I have ever seen. Read more
Published on 14 May 2007 by Malcolm Barres-Baker

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