TV series
For Queen and Country
1979 · 1 season
A sober, tense wartime chronicle of student friends under occupation, carrying a heavy sense of loyalty, danger and moral compromise.
- Created by
- Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Gerard Soeteman
- Genres
- Drama, War & politics
- Starring
- Susan Penhaligon, Belinda Meuldijk, Derek de Lint
- Overview
- Voor koningin en vaderland (English: For Queen and Country) is a 1979 Dutch television miniseries created and written by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and Gerard Soeteman, and directed by Paul Verhoeven. The four-part serial is an extended version of Verhoeven's 1977 film Soldaat van Oranje (Solider of Orange). During World War II, Leiden students–among them Erik, Guus, Jan, Alex and Robby–collaborate and/or join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- War, betrayal, loyalty, survival
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
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- Created by
- Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Gerard Soeteman
- Genres
- Drama, War & politics
- Starring
- Susan Penhaligon, Belinda Meuldijk, Derek de Lint
