In 1944 Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, a band of Dutch resistance fighters plot to covertly rescue dozens of compatriots from the local Nazi prison.
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Cast
39 people
Rob de Vries
Piet Kramer
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Kees Brusse
Inspecteur Bakker
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Dagboek van een herdershond
Dr. Pulder Sows Poppies
Paul Rotha
Rudolf Meyer
Louis De Jong
Piet Römer
Eppie Bultsma
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The Lift
Bert Haanstra
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The Family of Chimps
Amsterdamned
Yoka Berretty
Mies
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The Band of Honest Men
Scandal in Sorrento
Hans Culeman
Grundmann
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Floris
A Morning of Six Weeks
Riek Schagen
Wim's Mother
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Katie Tippel
Hans Boswinkel
Wim Douma
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Laat de dokter maar schuiven
Sacco van der Made
Merchant
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The Factory
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Paul Rotha Director · Louis De Jong Writer Robert Kruger Editor
Budget $550K · First release December 20, 1962 · Produced in Netherlands
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Budget
$550,000
Production
Sapphire Filmproducties
Production
Sapphire Filmproduktiemaatschappij
Production
Netherlands
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Languages
Original title
De overval
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Netherlands · December 20, 1962
Premiere
Netherlands · December 21, 1962
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
May 27, 1967
Russia
July 1, 1963 · Moscow International Film Festival
Russia
July 26, 1965 · Theatrical
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