The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.
Erik Lanshof
Rutger Hauer
Guus LeJeune
Jeroen Krabbé
Nico
Lex van Delden
Alex
Derek de Lint
Jan Weinberg
Huib Rooymans
Jack Ten Brinck
Dolf de Vries
Robby Froost
Eddy Habbema
Esther
Belinda Meuldijk
Will Dostgaarde
Peter Faber
Gestapo Agent Breitner
Rijk de Gooyer
SS-Obersturmführer Thelen
Paul Brandenburg
Resistance Leader
Ward de Ravet
Resistance Leader
Bert Struys
SS-Sturmbannführer Geisman
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Susan
Susan Penhaligon
Queen Wilhelmina
Andrea Domburg
Van der Zanden
Guus Hermus
Colonel Rafelli
Edward Fox
Queen's Secretary
Henny Alma
Gekke Dirk
Bert André
Dutch General
Cas Baas
Recruiting Officer
Tom van Beek
Dirk
Han Blaauw
Otto
Arthur Boni
April Fools Man
Huib Broos
Prison Commander Colonel
Jacques Commandeur
Mrs. Lanshof
Truus Dekker
Milkman
Bert Dijkstra
PT Boat Captain
Willy van Heesvelde
Party Girl
Bruni Heinke
Sergeant
Del Henney
Party Girl
Hannah de Leeuwe
Resistance Leader
John Leddy
Resistance Leader
Bob Löwenstein
Landlady Greta
Kitty Janssen
German Navy Officer
Hugo Koolschijn
Resistance Leader
Wim Kouwenhoven
Soldier
Con Meijer
Alex's Father
Wim de Meijer
Alex's Mother
Mary Michon
Soldier
Hero Muller
Resistance Leader
Johan Schmitz
Soldier
Karel Šebesta
Soldier
Serge-Henri Valcke
Soldier
Henk Votel
Self (archive footage)
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Self - Politician (voice) (archive footage)
Winston Churchill