The Assault Page #3

Synopsis: In January 1945, during the 2nd world-war, the Dutch resistance kills a collaborator in the street where the 12 year old Anton Steenwijk lives. The man was shot in front of his neighbors house, but is moved by them to the house of the family Steenwijk. Because of this, his father, mother and brother are killed by the Germans, and their house is set to fire. During his life, Anton meets several people that tell him more about what really happened on the night of the assault.
Director(s): Fons Rademakers
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins.
 
IMDB:
7.3
PG
Year:
1986
144 min
171 Views


The Americans are at the Rhine

And the Russians at the Oder.

How do you know that so well?

Dark, isn't it?

May I touch your face for a moment?

What's wrong?

- It's nothing, never mind.

Are you in pain?

- It's nothing.

Trust me.

I've seen it even darker recently.

No way.

- Yes.

I was with a friend

till long after curfew.

I went home at night.

I thought no one would see me.

I've lived in that neighborhoud for 25 years.

I walked that road hundreds of times.

I thought:
I'll get home.

But suddenly I didn't know

where I was anymore.

I was afraid that I would

be walking in the Singel.

I was crawling on my hands and feet,

but that didn't work out either.

I waited until it was bright.

Did you cry?

- No, I didn't. But I was scared nonetheless.

I was there for a long time.

The silence I disliked the most.

It seemed as if I was all alone

on the planet.

Then what?

What do you think? I was right at my own

house. Five steps and I was in.

I stayed with my uncle in Amsterdam...

- Hush.

What was that?

I don't know.

Let's think about other things

while we still can.

What do you mean?

- Well, as long as we're still here together.

You will be released again tomorrow.

- What about you?

I might not.

We've talked about the dark.

Can we talk about the light now?

Yes, after darkness comes light.

I wanted to write a poem once

in which I compared love to light.

The most beautiful light I know,

is the light just after sunset.

A person who loves someone,

radiates such light.

There's a man who loves me and

so he's radiating that light.

Me too, because I love him too.

Even though he doesn't know that.

He thinks not...

but I love him.

He's married and his children

need him. Just like your parents.

Where would they be now?

- They are propably held somewhere as well.

They will be released tomorrow.

And your brother too.

He took the pistol of Ploeg.

Would the Germans mind?

Jesus...

Come here.

Unbelievable. You put him

with that saboteur?

Have you gone crazy?

That communist whore is going straight

to Amsterdam. Euterpestraat.

You may count yourself lucky that

she hasn't been rescued already.

Or else there would be some

heads rolling here.

What is this nonsense?

Who ordered this?

Someone from the Sicherheitsdienst.

I bet he wanted to arrange some

things in Heemstede.

Play santa after the war as

a friend of the resistance.

The Gestapo will be interested in hearing this.

Where does that blood come from?

It's not mine.

Damnit. It's hers then.

Get a doctor. We still need her.

Hurry damnit.

Damn Dutch. No wonder so

many of them get shot.

Chief inspector Ploeg.

Biking in the dark.

Stupid idiot.

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Gerard Soeteman

Gerard Soeteman (born 1 July 1936 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch screenwriter. He worked together with Paul Verhoeven on several films, such as Turkish Delight and Black Book. He also wrote the screenplay for The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986. more…

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