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Jim Taihuttu / NL, ID, BE, 2020 / 141 min.

A Dutch army commander clamps down on popular resistance with increasing brutality during the Indonesian War of Independence. The line between good and evil gets increasingly blurred for private Johan.

poster De Oost (Jim Taihuttu, NL/ID/BE 2021)
Indonesia, 1946. Johan (Martijn Lakemeier) is a young Dutch recruit sent to Indonesia with over a hundred thousand other soldiers to ‘restore order’ in the former Dutch East Indies during the war of independence. Johan gradually falls under the spell of the charismatic army commander Westerling, nicknamed The Turk (Marwan Kenzari).

Details

Persons under 16 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains scenes of violenceThis movie contains foul languageScenes from this movie may cause fear

Director

Jim Taihuttu

Production year

2020

Country

NL, ID, BE

Original title

De Oost

Length

141 min.

Language

Dutch, Indonesian

Subtitles

ENG or NLD

Format

DCP

Accessibility

Earcatch, Subcatch

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Still De Oost
still De Oost (Jim Taihuttu, NL/ID/BE 2021)

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