The Assault

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.

Cast

Derek de Lint

as Anton Steenwijk

Marc van Uchelen

as Young Anton Steenwijk

Monique van de Ven

as Saskia de Graaff

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

as Cor Takes

Christian Golusda

as German Officer

Harold Bendig

as German Officer

Lex Wiertz

as Herring Seller

Huub van der Lubbe

as Fake Ploeg

Elly Weller

as Mrs. Beumer

Ina van der Molen

as Karin Korteweg

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