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The story is about Indonesia's claim for independence from the Netherlands straight after World War 2, when the country was still called the Dutch East Indies. It follows a young Dutch soldier who travels with the army to the East to restore order and to stop the rebellion.
With Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Abel van Gijlswijk. A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.
- (7K)
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Jim Taihuttu
- 2021-08-13
The East (Dutch: De Oost) is a 2020 Dutch war film directed by Jim Taihuttu [nl]. Plot. The film is set in the Dutch East Indies of 1946 during the Indonesian National Revolution. Twenty-year-old soldier Johan de Vries from Arcen is sent to Semarang, where the Dutch army says it is to liberate the Indonesian people from the authority of Sukarno.
Review by Stephen Ghoullespie ★★★★ An incredibly bold film about colonialism and fascism. This dramatises suppressed history, chronicling the ‘Police Actions’ — the phrase used to pave over war crimes — of Dutch forces in Indonesia.
- (3.9K)
- New Amsterdam Film Company
- Jim Taihuttu
Aug 12, 2021 · “The East,” a bloated and thoroughly generic war movie by the Dutch filmmaker Jim Taihuttu, reckons with the Netherlands’ colonial legacy by spotlighting this overlooked moment in history.
- Beatrice Loayza
- Jim Taihuttu
Quick Facts Dutch, Directed by ... Close. Plot. The film is set in the Dutch East Indies of 1946 during the Indonesian National Revolution. Twenty-year-old soldier Johan de Vries from Arcen is sent to Semarang, where the Dutch army says it is to liberate the Indonesian people from the authority of Sukarno.
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A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.
