Name: The Assault
Genre: War, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1986-02-06
Duration: 2 h 24 min
Cast: Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen, Monique van de Ven, Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr., Christian Golusda

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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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Dutch WWII Drama
Moral Dilemma
Post-War Consequences
Historical Perspective
Psychological Impact
Complex Characters
Intriguing Plot
Slow Burn
Subtle Tension

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Directed by: Fons Rademakers
Written by: Harry Mulisch, Gerard Soeteman
Produced by: Fons Rademakers
Music by: Jurriaan Andriessen

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Facts

February 6, 1986 · 2 h 24 min · Violence

Released: February 6, 1986
Runtime: 2 h 24 min
Content: Violence
Genres: War, Drama, Thriller
Original language: Dutch
Also spoken: Russian, German
Made in: Netherlands
Box office: $512,400

Tropes

Heartbeat Soundtrack, The Ken Burns Effect, Call-Back +9

Heartbeat Soundtrack
The Ken Burns Effect
Call-Back
You Can't Fight Fate
Last Breath Bullet
Title Drop
Stocking Filler
Rage Against the Reflection
Identical Stranger
Les Collaborateurs
Narrator
Stock Footage

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Is The Assault worth watching?

73

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Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 73 (IMDb 7.2).

Will I feel good after watching The Assault?

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Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.

Is The Assault in English?

DutchRussianGerman

No, it was made in Dutch, with some Russian and German.