For Queen and Country (1979)

Ended ★ 6.5/10 1 Season 4 Episodes 51m Drama, War & Politics

Created By: Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema , Gerard Soeteman

Network: TROS

Description

Voor koningin en vaderland (English: For Queen and Country) is a 1979 Dutch television miniseries created and written by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and Gerard Soeteman, and directed by Paul Verhoeven. The four-part serial is an extended version of Verhoeven's 1977 film Soldaat van Oranje (Solider of Orange). During World War II, Leiden students–among them Erik, Guus, Jan, Alex and Robby–collaborate and/or join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.