Field of Honor (Dutch: Het veld van eer) is a 1986 Dutch/South Korean war film set during the Korean War, directed by Kim Dae-hie and Hans Scheepmaker.
Field of Honor | |
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Directed by | Kim Dae-hie Hans Scheepmaker |
Written by | Henk Bos Kim Dae-hie |
Produced by | Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan, Hyeon-suk Han |
Starring | Everett McGill Ron Brandsteder Bart Römer |
Cinematography | Hein Groot Eung-Hwi Heo |
Edited by | Victorine Habets |
Music by | Roy Budd |
Distributed by | Cannon Films |
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Running time | 110 min |
Countries | Netherlands South Korea |
Languages | English Korean |
Plot edit
After an attack by Chinese troops, a Dutch sergeant (whose troops committed atrocities against the local population) finds himself alone in the field. He meets a young Korean woman who tries to save her little brother who is shell shocked. This changes the sergeant's outlook on the war.
Cast edit
- Everett McGill – Sergeant 'Sire' De Koning
- Ron Brandsteder – Tiny
- Bart Römer – Lieutenant
- Anis de Jong – Taihutu (as Annies De Jong)
- Lee Hye-young – Sun Yi (as Hey Young Lee)
- Kim Dong-hyeon – Applesan (as Dong Hyum Kim)
- Min Yu – Kim
- Marc Van Eeghem – Brammetje
- Frank Schaafsma – Wiel
- Guus van der Made – Leen
- Choi Jae-ho – Chinese Medic (as Jae Ho Choi)
- Mike Mooney – Journalist
- Jon Bluming – Platoon Sergeant
- Fritz Homann – Truck Driver
- David Hartung – Radioman
Reception edit
The film got a negative review in the Dutch communist newspaper De Waarheid.[1]
References edit
- ^ Van Eerten, Ronald (March 20, 1987). "Field of honor wijkt af van oorlogstraditie". De Waarheid (in Dutch). p. 9. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
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