Anyone ever see Soldier Of Orange?

Anyone ever see this? I bought it on DVD but have yet to watch it. ( a bad habit I have) Just wondering if anyone's seen it or even heard of it.

 

Never heard of it. Lemma us know when you've watch it, give as a short review if you don't mind.

 

Yes, I've seen it. It features Rutger Hauer as a Dutch partisan.

[ 29. June 2003, 11:22 PM: Message edited by: Crapgame ]

 

I've seen it a few times over the years. It's a decent movie but--not among my favorites.

I like Rutger Hauer and have him on DVD in: "Escape From Sobibor." I got this movie on DVD for less than $4.00.

 

Not too bad...decent flick. Kept me interested at least. Couple of alright topless scenes too
I probably won't watch again anytime in the near future but it's worth checking out if you can.

 

What it has against it for foreigners is that it is in Dutch.

This is the true story of Erik Hazelhoff Roelzema, a student who became involved in the underground movement, had to flee to England and became an agent. After several harrowing experiences going back to Holland and to England again, and the loss of several friends, he became a mossie pilot. He ended the war as the Dutch queen's adjudant. After the war he moved to the States and still lives in Hawaii.

His post war life is at least as interesting as as his wartime career. I advise anyone to read his memories. The book is better than the movie. They always are.

It is not an Hollywood style production. Dutch films don't have the Hollywood budgets and I always feel that Dutch films have a rather stagnant acting style. It is rather like the actors are trained for the stage instead of film.

My wife's uncle is in the movie. Remember the German paratroopers in the beginning of the movie? The just landed and are drinking milk bought (!) from a Dutch milkman. He is the one with the milkbottle, talking about the Dutch "Madchens". (sign of the times when the milkman says; "decent chaps, those Germans. They even gave me a tip!")

He also played the part of a German in 'A Bridge Too Far'.

All in all, I guess for non Dutch persons it doesn't stand up to the likes of Battle of Britain, A Bridge Too Far and so forth. But for Dutch standards this flick is pretty decent.

Oh, and the frontal nudity shots are a trademark for Dutch movies....

 

I do remember the milk scene in the movie. Now i'll have reason to rent it again just to look for the wifes Uncle.

But really--I didn't feel it to be a bad movie. I liked it better the last time I saw it than the first time I saw it. I enjoy Rutger Hauer in his movies and I recognized the other actor (Dark-haired gent) in the movie--who was with Hauer and have seen him as a Russian Colonel/General in the mini-series: World War III. He's a good actor and i'd enjoy seeing him in more movies.

As for the nudity scenes--thumbs up

 

That would be Jeroen Krabbé, Carl. He's been in quite a few European movies too, well known ones as well (the movie about Beethoven. Fried would know it...). He also played the bad guy in one James Bond movie. Don't ask me which one. He played a Russian defector/double-agent.He lives around the corner from me. I regularly see him on his bike...

 

I do recognize his name because when I see his name--it reminds me of Buster Crabbe ((1940s Flash Gordon)) and also a western star and had Al St.John as his sidekick.

That's cool--seeing a person regularly who has been in many films

I think he was also in a TV mini-series called World War III and was a Russian Colonel or Russian General who had invaded Alaska and they attacked a US Military facility of somekind and the American officer in charge there was David Soul ((Famous as Hutch in the TV series "Starsky and Hutch."))

I've seen the James Bond movie he was in--wasn't it "Octopussy?" which had Roger Moore as James Bond.

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I really don't remember which James Bond it was. It was later than Octopussy, though. I think Timothy Dalton was JB in that movie.


I do remember That WWIII thing with David Soul! That is from a while back, though! I remember the Russian attack vividly, the rest is a bit of a blur.

I think Jeroen Krabbe also played in a Harisson Ford movie. About a submarine, where Krabbe is the Russian Sub Commander...Notice how he always plays Russians? He also played a violist in a Hollywood movie with a famous actress.

Holland is very small Carl, and for many things AMsterdam is more or less the centre of the country. So many 'well known' dutch people live here. World-famous in Holland, as we say. Amsterdam only has about 800.000 inhabitants, so it isn't a big city either. So the change that you run into somebody you know is considerable. In my neighbourhood there live a few 'well known' Dutchies. My favorite is Hans Teeuwen. Nobody outside Holland would know him and many within it wish they didn't. He is an comic(he does comical one man shows on stage) and is a bit, shall we say, rude? There is a lot to say about him, but it is fun seeing him walking around talking bollocks to people on the street.

 

Ah yessssss--I think now it was the JB movie where they stole a Russian transport plane in Afganistan or somewhere and it was loaded full of Opium. This one is my fav Dalton JB of the two he did. I think this one also had Joe Don Baker in it as an arms dealer who likes to pay with toy soldiers.

I don't remember much about the wwIII miniseries except for David Souls Alaska scenes. It's on DVD and I might get it sometime.

Would that Harrison Ford Sub movie be K-19 perhaps?

I'd magines Amsterdam to be a larger city than that--after-all--New York was once called New Amsterdam

Thats cool anyway--seeing some famous Duchies Here in Texas--you almost never see anyone famous--except for the bothersome local news media on occasion.

I can imagine that comic--he sounds like he is like a mixture of chris rock, gallagher and roseanne barr.

 

I think Jeroen Krabbe also appeared in the film 'The Fugitive' with Harrison Ford. As I recall, he played a doctor who was involved in the conspiracy to kill Sela Ward's character and frame Harrison Ford's character for her murder.

 

I found listed in a Hollywoods Whos Who book--that he was also born in 1944.

Oh and the bond film he was in was "The Living Daylights."