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The Resistance Banker
The Resistance Banker

The Resistance Banker

The greatest concealed act of resistance

Genres

WarDrama

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In the occupied Netherlands during World War II, banker Walraven van Hall is asked to use his financial contacts to help the Dutch resistance. With his brother Gijs, he comes up with a risky plan to take out huge loans and use the money to finance the Resistance.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Dutch

Runtime

124 mins

Rating

6.696/10

Release Date

08 March 2018

Country

Netherlands

Cast

Barry Atsma

Barry Atsma

Walraven van Hall

Jacob Derwig

Jacob Derwig

Gijsbert van Hall

Pierre Bokma

Pierre Bokma

Meinoud Rost van Tonningen

Götz Schubert

Götz Schubert

Friedrich Viebahn

Fockeline Ouwerkerk

Fockeline Ouwerkerk

Tilly van Hall

Raymond Thiry

Raymond Thiry

Van den Berg

Jaap Spijkers

Jaap Spijkers

Cornelis Ritter

Tjebbo Gerritsma

Tjebbo Gerritsma

Henri Termeulen

Peter Jordan

Peter Jordan

Herbert Oelschlägel

Matteo van der Grijn

Matteo van der Grijn

Huub van Schie

Jochum ten Haaf

Jochum ten Haaf

Jaap Buijs

Ali Zijlstra

Ali Zijlstra

Jeanette Veenstra

Steef de Bot

Steef de Bot

Jonas van Berkel

Frederik Brom

Frederik Brom

Marcel Dubois

Violette Vandervelden

Violette Vandervelden

Marleen van Hall

Allard Geerlings

Allard Geerlings

Big Man

Julien Croiset

Julien Croiset

Banker #5

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