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The greatest concealed act of resistance - The Resistance Banker
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Title: The Resistance Banker

Release Date: 8 Mar 2018

Runtime: 2h 4m

Genre: War, Drama

Director: Dutch Filmworks, NL Film en TV, Mollywood, EO, Zilvermeer Productions, Nanook Entertainment

Production Companies: Dutch Filmworks, NL Film en TV, Mollywood, EO, Zilvermeer Productions, Nanook Entertainment

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.7 (244 votes)

Cast

  • Walraven van Hall: Barry Atsma
  • Gijsbert van Hall: Jacob Derwig
  • Meinoud Rost van Tonningen: Pierre Bokma
  • Friedrich Viebahn: Götz Schubert
  • Tilly van Hall: Fockeline Ouwerkerk
  • Van den Berg: Raymond Thiry
  • Cornelis Ritter: Jaap Spijkers
  • Henri Termeulen: Tjebbo Gerritsma
  • Herbert Oelschlägel: Peter Jordan
  • Huub van Schie: Matteo van der Grijn
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