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The Silent Raid (Dutch: De Overval) is a 1962 Dutch war film directed by Paul Rotha. It shows a true story from World War II: the raid on Leeuwarden prison of December 8, 1944. Without firing a shot, Dutch resistance members disguised as German SD and their prisoners enter the prison, free 39 prisoners and vanish into the city. The Germans were unable to find any of the organizers or escapees.
It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. The film was one of the most successful in the Netherlands (1,474,000 tickets sold). The scenario was written by Loe de Jong.
Original Release
12/21/1962
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ab Abspoel | PTT-monteur Jan / PTT mechanic Jan |
| Henk Admiraal | Hein de Zwijger |
| Chris Baay | Vos |
| Hetty Beck | Eppie's mother |
| Yoka Berretty | Mies |
| Jan Blaaser | |
| Hans Boswinkel | Wim Douma |
| Els Bouwman | Mej. Lamers / Miss Lamers |
| Kees Brusse | Inspector Bakker / Inspecteur Bakker |
| Hans Culeman | Grundmann |
Directors
Writers
Paul Rotha, Louis De Jong, Bert Haanstra
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ab Abspoel | PTT-monteur Jan / PTT mechanic Jan |
| Henk Admiraal | Hein de Zwijger |
| Chris Baay | Vos |
| Hetty Beck | Eppie's mother |
| Yoka Berretty | Mies |
| Jan Blaaser | |
| Hans Boswinkel | Wim Douma |
| Els Bouwman | Mej. Lamers / Miss Lamers |
| Kees Brusse | Inspector Bakker / Inspecteur Bakker |
| Hans Culeman | Grundmann |
| Hammy de Beukelaer | |
| Sylvia de Leur | |
| Rob de Vries | Piet Kramer |
| Gerrit Dekzijl | |
| Gerard Doting | |
| Bernard Droog | Jellema |
| Lo van Hensbergen | De Vries |
| Jack Horn | |
| Sjef van Leeuwen | Mottige Leen |
| Pieter Lutz | Agent Turksma |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Rudolf Meyer | Producer |
