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''Gaston's War'' is a
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1997
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Robbe De Hert Robin François De Hert (20 September 1942 – 24 August 2020) was a Belgian film director. De Hert won the André Cavens Award for Best Film in 2000, with his film '' Lijmen/Het Been''. He died on 24 August 2020 at the age of 77 due to compli ...
and starring Werner De Smedt,
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and
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.BFI.org
/ref> Based on a novel by Allan Mayer, the film is set many decades after the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, and tells the story of a Belgian resistance fighter, Gaston Vandermeerssche, who tries to discover who betrayed them to the Nazis.


Main cast

* Werner De Smedt as Gaston Vandermeerssche *
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as Veronique * Stuart Laing as Harry * Oliver Windross as Doug *
Peter Firth Peter Macintosh Firth (born 27 October 1953) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme '' Spooks''; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lif ...
as Major Smith * Christian Crahay as Hachez *
Olivia Williams Olivia Haigh Williams (born 26 July 1968) is a British actress who has appeared in British and American films and television. After studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years followed by three years at the Royal Shakesp ...
as Nicky * Lukas Smolders as Louis *
Clive Swift Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but he was best known to television viewers for h ...
as General James * Marilou Mermans as Farmer's wife * René van Asten as Van der Waals *
Sylvia Kristel Sylvia Maria Kristel (28 September 1952 17 October 2012) was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She is best remembered as the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with ''E ...
as Miep Visser * Stefan Perceval as German soldier * Gert-Jan Dröge as Cohen * Serge Marechal as Frenchman


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* 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 {{Belgium-film-stub