Field of Honor (1986 film)

1986 Dutch film
  • 26 September 1986 (1986-09-26) (South Korea)
  • 19 March 1987 (1987-03-19) (Netherlands)
Running time
110 minCountriesNetherlands
South KoreaLanguagesEnglish
Korean

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.

Plot

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

  • Everett McGill – Sergeant 'Sire' De Koning
  • Ron Brandsteder [nl] – Tiny
  • Bart Römer [nl] – Lieutenant
  • Anis de Jong [nl] – 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 [nl] – 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

The film got a negative review in the Dutch communist newspaper De Waarheid.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  • Field of Honor at IMDb
  • Movie trailer of Field of Honor


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