| Field of Honor | |
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 Part of movie poster | |
| 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 |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 110 min |
| Countries | Netherlands South Korea |
| Languages | English 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.
References
- 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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- 1986 films
- 1980s war films
- South Korean war drama films
- 1980s English-language films
- 1980s Korean-language films
- Korean War films
- Golan-Globus films
- Films scored by Roy Budd
- Films produced by Menahem Golan
- Films produced by Yoram Globus
- 1986 multilingual films
- Dutch multilingual films
- South Korean multilingual films
- Dutch war drama films
- English-language war films
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