The East
“A war between duty and conscience.”
2021•2h 17m•6.0•Released
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A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.
Director
Jim Taihuttu
Writer
Jim Taihuttu, Mustafa Duygulu
Languages
Indonesian, Japanese, English
Studio
New Amsterdam Film Company
Cast
Martijn Lakemeier
Johan de Vries
Marwan Kenzari
Raymond "De Turk" Westerling
Jonas Smulders
Mattias Cohen
Jim Deddes
Werner de Val
Abel van Gijlswijk
Sjaak "Charlie" Rondhuis
Coen Bril
Eddy Coolen
Reinout Scholten van Aschat
Tinus de Val
Joes Brauers
Herman Keizer
Peter Paul Muller
Major Penders
Mike Reus
Camp Commander Mulder
Huub Smit
Lieutenant Hartman
Jeroen Perceval
Chaplain Janssen
Reinout Bussemaker
Johan de Vries Senior
David Wristers
Marcus Waterman
Putri Ayudya
Myra
Production
Company
New Amsterdam Film Company
Company
SALTO
Company
Salto Film
Company
Wrong Men
Company
XYZ Films
Company
Moonkey Animation
Company
Kaninga Pictures
Company
Ideosource Entertainment
Company
France 2 Cinéma
Company
Base Media Entertainment
Producer
Shanty Harmayn
Producer
Sander Verdonk
Producer
Benoît Roland
Producer
Julius Ponten
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