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Dutch dvd?

posted 19 years ago by The_Khazi
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Really glad I finally managed to see this fine film which still isn`t particularly well-known in the u.k.Rutger Hauer is probably more famous here for advertising an Irish brew which is a shame as he`s excellent throughout the picture.I don`t recall too many films set in occupied Holland but it seems to hit the mark-some choose to resist some choose to fight-what would you do?
Watching the u.k. dvd I did think it seemed to be slightly rushed in places particularly the sequence where he becomes a Mosquito pilot but studying the various running times I understand this was originally a four part series approx 215m in Holland.Has this version ever been released on Dutch dvd or are there any plans to do so?(hopefully with an English soundtrack as well)

[–] hansbeerekamp 19 years ago

The 215 minutes version of SOLDAAT VAN ORANJE was recently shown again on Dutch public television (TROS). The 4-part miniseries is called VOOR KONINGIN EN VADERLAND (For Queen and Fatherland) and consists of the original 153 minutes theatrical cut plus lots of documentary inserts. This tv-version however is clearly not the original version. It was edited especially for television, after the theatrical and videorelease, as is customary for Dutch feature films. This way the broadcaster who made considerable investments into the film can boast something special, never seen before.
To my knowledge there is no official dvd of this tv-version.

[–] DM-DAAN 19 years ago

I just bought the recent dutch DVD release of Soldaat van Oranje. It's the 150-something minute version so I guess that's the definitive version they're gonna put out on DVD (otherwise, in my opnion, they should've released the full directors-cut-special-commemorative-super-duper-runtime edition and they didn't).