Gaston's War
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| Directed by | Robbe De Hert |
| Written by | Fernand Auwera, Luc Janssen, Allan Mayer |
| Story by | Allan Mayer |
| Music by | Theo Nijland |
| Distributed by | RCV Film Distribution |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
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| Languages | English, Dutch, French |
Gaston's War is a Belgian 1997 drama film directed by Robbe De Hert and starring Werner De Smedt, Mapi Galán and Peter Firth.[1] Based on a novel by Allan Mayer, the film is set many decades after the Second World War, and tells the story of a Belgian resistance fighter, Gaston Vandermeerssche, who tries to discover who betrayed them to the Nazis.[2]
The movie was nominated for a Golden Goblet at the 1997 Shanghai International Film Festival.[3]
Main cast
- Werner De Smedt as Gaston Vandermeerssche
- Mapi Galán as Veronique
- Stuart Laing as Harry
- Oliver Windross as Doug
- Peter Firth as Major Smith
- Christian Crahay as Hachez
- Olivia Williams as Nicky
- Lukas Smolders as Louis
- Clive Swift as General James
- Marilou Mermans as Farmer's wife
- René van Asten as Van der Waals
- Sylvia Kristel as Miep Visser
- Stefan Perceval as German soldier
- Gert-Jan Dröge as Cohen
- Serge Marechal as Frenchman
References
- ↑ BFI.org
- ↑ "Gaston's War (1997)". moviemeter.nl (in Dutch). 11 November 2023.
- ↑ "Gaston's War Awards". IMDb. 20 October 2022.
External links
- Gaston's War at IMDb
Categories:
- 1997 films
- Danish drama films
- Dutch drama films
- Belgian drama films
- 1997 drama films
- 1997 Dutch-language films
- Films directed by Robbe De Hert
- 1997 English-language films
- 1997 French-language films
- English-language drama films
- RCV Film Distribution films
- 1997 Danish films
- 1997 Dutch films
- 1997 Belgian films
- Belgian film stubs