For Queen and Country

Overview

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.

Created by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Gerard Soeteman

Top cast

Susan Penhaligon

Susan

Belinda Meuldijk

Esther

Derek de Lint

Alex

Edward Fox

Colonel Rafelli

Jeroen Krabbé

Guus lejeune

Rutger Hauer

Erik Lanshof

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