The Resistance Banker | |
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Directed by | Joram Lürsen |
Written by | Marieke van der Pol Thomas van der Ree |
Starring | Barry Atsma Jacob Derwig Pierre Bokma Fockeline Ouwerkerk Raymond Thiry |
Cinematography | Mark van Aller |
Edited by | Peter Alderliesten |
Music by | Merlijn Snitker |
Distributed by | Dutch FilmWorks |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | Dutch |
Box office | $4 million[1][2] |
The Resistance Banker (Dutch: Bankier van het Verzet) is a 2018 Dutch World War II period drama film directed by Joram Lürsen.[3] It is based on the life of banker Walraven van Hall who financed the Dutch resistance during the war.[4] It became the most-watched Dutch film of 2018 and was nominated for eleven Golden Calves, the first time that a film received so many nominations for the award.[5] It won four Golden Calves, among them the prizes for Best Film and Best Actor.[6] It was also selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[7][8][9]