The East (2020)
Releasing at May 13, 2021 on Prime Video and June 5 in theaters
“De Oost”
Drama, War
The East is action thriller film directed by Jim Taihuttu and written by Jim Taihuttu & Mustafa Duygulu. The film stars Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Joes Brauers, Huub Smit, Jeroen Perceval and Peter Paul Muller. The film primiered at September 25, 2021 on Nederlands Film Festival.
The film is set in 1946 in the Dutch East Indies at the time of the Indonesian National Revolution. A young deployed soldier named Johan becomes enthralled with Army Captain Raymond Westerling, who leads counterinsurgency operations against the Indonesian guerrillas and purge operations on South Sulawesi. Gradually, Johan finds himself questioning the war more and more.
Director: Jim Taihuttu
Writers: Jim Taihuttu, Mustafa Duygulu
Stars: Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Joes Brauers, Huub Smit, Jeroen Perceval, Peter Paul Muller
►Cast
| Martijn Lakemeier | ► | Johan de Vries |
| Marwan Kenzari | ► | Raymond Westerling |
| Jonas Smulders | ► | Mattias Cohen |
| Joes Brauers | ► | Herman Keizer |
| Huub Smit | ► | Luitenant Hartman |
| Jeroen Perceval | ► | Janssen |
| Peter Paul Muller | ► | Majoor Penders |
| Jim Deddes | ► | Werner de Val |
| Abel van Gijlswijk | ► | Charlie |
| Coen Bril | ► | Eddy Coolen |
| Reinout Scholten van Aschat | ► | Tinus de Val |
| Mike Reus | ► | Kamp Commandant Mulder |
| Joenoes Polnaija | ► | Samuel Manuhio |
| Denise Aznam | ► | Gita Tamim |
| Putri Ayudya | ► | Myra |
| Lukman Sardi | ► | Bakar |
| David Wristers | ► | Marcus Waterman |
| Robert de Hoog | ► | Gerard Nachtegaal |
| Reinout Bussemaker | ► | Johan de Vries senior |