Soldier of Orange

Soldier of Orange
Soldier of Orange
	American film poster
Directed by	Paul Verhoeven
Written by	Kees Holierhoek; Gerard Soeteman; Paul Verhoeven;
Based on	Soldaat van Oranje by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema
Produced by	Rob Houwer
Starring	Rutger Hauer; Jeroen Krabbé; Derek de Lint; Edward Fox;
Cinematography	Jost Vacano
Edited by	Jane Sperr
Music by	Rogier van Otterloo
Production; companies	Excelsior Films; The Rank Organisation; Film Holland; Rob Houwer Productions;
Distributed by	Tuschinski Film Distribution
Release date	1977;
Running time	147 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Languages	Dutch; English; German;
Budget	ƒ 5 million

Soldier of Orange (Dutch: Soldaat van Oranje, IPA: [sɔlˈdaːt fɑn oˈrɑɲə]) (released in the United Kingdom as Survival Run^[1]) is a 1977 Dutch romantic war thriller film directed and co-written by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, based on Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema's autobiographical book of the same name. Starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbé, the film is set around the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and shows how individual students have different roles in the war.

With a budget of ƒ 5 million (€2.3 million), it was, at the time, the most expensive Dutch film ever. With 1,547,183 viewers, Soldier of Orange was the most popular Dutch film of 1977.^[2] The film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980.^[3] At the 1999 Netherlands Film Festival, it was voted the second-best Dutch film of the twentieth century.

In 1979, the film was edited into a miniseries and aired on TV as Voor Koningin en Vaderland.^[4]^[5]

^ "SURVIVAL RUN | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
^ Soldaat van Oranje Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine at www.filmtotaal.nl
^ Soldier Of Orange at the website of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
^ Het Vrije Volk (11 January 1979). Soldaat van Oranje zal 't goed doen op tv. Geraadpleegd via Delpher.
^ Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (31 January 1979). 'Sluikreclame moet weg uit televisiefilm'. Geraadpleegd via Delpher.

[1] "SURVIVAL RUN | British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.

[filmtotaal-2] Soldaat van Oranje Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine at www.filmtotaal.nl

[hfpa-3] Soldier Of Orange at the website of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

[4] Het Vrije Volk (11 January 1979). Soldaat van Oranje zal 't goed doen op tv. Geraadpleegd via Delpher.

[5] Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (31 January 1979). 'Sluikreclame moet weg uit televisiefilm'. Geraadpleegd via Delpher.

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