Gaston's War

1997 Belgian drama film directed by Robbe De Hert
  • October 23, 1997 (1997-10-23) (Belgium)
Running time
120 minutesCountryBelgiumLanguagesEnglish, Dutch, French

Gaston's War is a Belgian 1997 drama film directed by Robbe De Hert and starring Werner De Smedt, Mapi Galán and Peter Firth.[1] Based on a novel by Allan Mayer, the film is set many decades after the Second World War, and tells the story of a Belgian resistance fighter, Gaston Vandermeerssche, who tries to discover who betrayed them to the Nazis.[2]

The movie was nominated for a Golden Goblet at the 1997 Shanghai International Film Festival.[3]

Main cast

  • Werner De Smedt as Gaston Vandermeerssche
  • Mapi Galán as Veronique
  • Stuart Laing as Harry
  • Oliver Windross as Doug
  • Peter Firth as Major Smith
  • Christian Crahay as Hachez
  • Olivia Williams as Nicky
  • Lukas Smolders as Louis
  • Clive Swift as General James
  • Marilou Mermans as Farmer's wife
  • René van Asten as Van der Waals
  • Sylvia Kristel as Miep Visser
  • Stefan Perceval as German soldier
  • Gert-Jan Dröge as Cohen
  • Serge Marechal as Frenchman

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ "Gaston's War (1997)". moviemeter.nl (in Dutch). 11 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Gaston's War Awards". IMDb. 20 October 2022.

External links

  • Gaston's War at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
  • MusicBrainz work


  • v
  • t
  • e