''Gaston's War'' is a Belgian 1997

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directed by Robbe De Hert and starring Werner De Smedt,

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and

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. Based on a novel by Allan Mayer, the film is set many decades after the

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, and tells the story of a Belgian resistance fighter, Gaston Vandermeerssche, who tries to discover who betrayed them to the Nazis. The movie was nominated for a Golden Goblet at the 1997

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Main cast

* Werner De Smedt as Gaston Vandermeerssche *

as Veronique * Stuart Laing as Harry *

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as Doug *

as Major Smith * Christian Crahay as Hachez *

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as Nicky * Lukas Smolders as Louis *

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as General James * Marilou Mermans as Farmer's wife * René van Asten as Van der Waals *

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as Miep Visser * Stefan Perceval as German soldier *

Gert-Jan Dröge Gerardus Johannes Henri (Gert-Jan) Dröge (23 April 1943, in Enschede – 5 June 2007, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch television presenter, producer, actor, journalist and writer who mainly became known for his society programme ''Glamourland'' on ...

as Cohen * Serge Marechal as Frenchman

References

External links

* Danish drama films Dutch drama films Belgian drama films 1997 drama films 1990s Dutch-language films Films directed by Robbe De Hert 1997 films 1990s English-language films 1990s French-language films {{Belgium-film-stub