''Field of Honor'' ( nl, Het veld van eer) is a 1986 Dutch/South Korean

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...

set during the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, directed by

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and Hans Scheepmaker.

Plot

After an attack by

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, a

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sergeant (whose troops committed atrocities against the local population) finds himself alone in the field. He meets a young

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n woman who tries to save her little brother who is shell shocked. This changes the sergeant's outlook on the war.

Cast

Everett McGill Everett McGill (born Charles Everett McGill III, October 21, 1945) is an American actor, who rose to prominence for his portrayal of a caveman in ''Quest for Fire'' (1981). He went on to have prominent roles in the films ''Dune'' (1984), ''Silve ...

– Sergeant 'Sire' De Koning * Ron Brandsteder – Tiny * Bart Römer – Lieutenant * Anis de Jong – 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 * Mark Van Eeghem – Brammetje * Frank Schaafsma – Wiel * Guus van der Made – Leen * Choi Jae-ho – Chinese Medic (as Jae Ho Choi) * Mike Mooney – Journalist *

Jon Bluming Johannes Cornelius Bluming (6 February 1933 – 17 December 2018) was a Dutch martial artist, instructor and actor. Known as a pioneer in variety of martial arts, Bluming held 9th dan in Judo, 10th dan in Karate and 10th dan in Hapkido. He was a ...

– Platoon Sergeant * Fritz Homann – Truck Driver * David Hartung – Radioman

Reception

The film got a negative review in the Dutch communist newspaper ''

De Waarheid ''De Waarheid'' (literally 'The Truth') was the newspaper of the Communist Party of the Netherlands. It originated in 1940 under the German occupation German-occupied Europe refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or part ...

''.

References

External links

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Movie trailer of Field of Honor
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 {{SouthKorea-film-stub