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The Assault 
Theatrical release posterDirected by Fons Rademakers Produced by Fons Rademakers Written by Gerard Soeteman Starring Derek de Lint
Marc van Uchelen
Monique van de VenMusic by Jurriaan Andriessen Cinematography Theo van de Sande Editing by Kees Linthorst Distributed by Cannon Films Release date(s) 
6 February 1986
6 February 1987Running time 144 minutes Language Dutch
English
GermanThe Assault (Dutch: De aanslag) is a 1986 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Harry Mulisch. The film was directed and produced by Fons Rademakers. The main character is played by both Derek de Lint (in the present) and Marc van Uchelen (as a youth), whereas Monique van de Ven plays two different roles, one in the present (his wife) and one in the past (a woman who participated in the assault and whom he meets later the same night in a dark police cell).
Contents
Plot
Anton Steenwijk's family was killed by the Nazis and his house was set on fire in 1945, after the corpse of a collaborator, executed by the Dutch resistance, was found outside his house. The story moves between the end of the Second World War and the 1980s, following Steenwijk's quest for truth.
Awards
The film won the 1986 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Golden Space Needle of the Seattle International Film Festival.
References
External links
- De aanslag at the Internet Movie Database
- De aanslag at AllRovi
Academy Award for Foreign Language Film Winners (1981–2000) 1981: Mephisto • István Szabó • 1982: Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again') • José Luis Garci • 1983: Fanny and Alexander • Ingmar Bergman • 1984: Dangerous Moves • Richard Dembo • 1985: The Official Story • Luis Puenzo • 1986: The Assault • Fons Rademakers • 1987: Babette's Feast • Gabriel Axel • 1988: Pelle the Conqueror • Bille August • 1989: Cinema Paradiso • Giuseppe Tornatore • 1990 Journey of Hope • Xavier Koller • 1991: Mediterraneo • Gabriele Salvatores • 1992 Indochine • Régis Wargnier • 1993: Belle Époque • Fernando Trueba • 1994: Burnt by the Sun • Nikita Mikhalkov • 1995: Antonia's Line • Marleen Gorris • 1996: Kolya • Jan Svěrák • 1997: Character • Mike van Diem • 1998: Life Is Beautiful • Roberto Benigni • 1999: All About My Mother • Pedro Almodóvar • 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon • Ang Lee
Complete list · Submissions · (1947–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–2020) Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1965–1989) Best Foreign Film – Foreign Language
(1965-1972)Juliet of the Spirits (1965) · A Man and a Woman (1966) · Live for Life (1967) · War and Peace (1968) · Z (1969) · Rider on the Rain (1970) · The Policeman (1971) · The Emigrants (1972) · The New Land (1972)
Best Foreign Film
(1973-1985)The Pedestrian (1973) · Scenes from a Marriage (1974) · Lies My Father Told Me (1975) · Face to Face (1976) · A Special Day (1977) · Autumn Sonata (1978) · La Cage aux Folles (1979) · Tess (1980) · Chariots of Fire (1981) · Gandhi (1982) · Fanny and Alexander (1983) · A Passage to India (1984) · The Official Story (1985)
Best Foreign Language Film
(1986-present)The Assault (1986) · My Life as a Dog (1987) · Pelle the Conqueror (1988) · Cinema Paradiso (1989)
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Cinema of the NetherlandsCategories:- 1986 films
- Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners
- Dutch films
- World War II films
- Films based on military novels
- Films set in the Netherlands
- Dutch-language films
- English-language films
- Films shot in the Netherlands
- German-language films
- Films directed by Fons Rademakers
- Netherlands in fiction
- Golan-Globus films
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