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The East

2021·137 min

The East

Directed by Jim Taihuttu

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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.

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Martijn Lakemeier

Johan de Vries

Raymond "De Turk" Westerling

Mattias Cohen

Werner de Val

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Mustafa Duygulu

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Lennart Verstegen

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The East (2021) is about 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.

Who directed The East?

Jim Taihuttu directed The East (2021).

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