Full of Suspense and Thrilling

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2007)

This is an excellent movie about war-time Holland. It tells the story of a Jewish girl who hides from the Nazies and then gets involved with the Resistance. From the first moment there is a lot of suspense and you get the feeling this is more like a Hitchcock thriller than a war movie. Some of the scenes are violent enough to shock the audience (be warned) and in the famous Dutch tradition there are some scenes of a sexual nature that might disturb some viewers (you will see some pubic hairs).
The storyline is excellently told and directed by Paul Verhoeven who has a first class reputation anyway (no surprises here). And although the movie is quite long, it is a brilliant story that deserves the time it took to tell it.
Nearer the end it gets a bit confusing as to who the bad guys are. But that is probably a fair depiction of how it really was in 1945.