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The East

2021·2h 17m·TV-MA
DramaThrillerWar
IMDb Rating
★ 6.8/10
7,733 votes
Metascore
52
Metacritic

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.

The East is a 2021 drama thriller movie directed by Jim Taihuttu, starring Marwan Kenzari, Abel van Gijlswijk, Martijn Lakemeier. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.8/10 from 7,733 votes and runs 2h 17m.

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Director
Jim Taihuttu
Stars
Marwan Kenzari
Abel van Gijlswijk
Martijn Lakemeier
Jonas Smulders
Details
2021-08-13
137 min
Movie
TV-MA
★ Netherlands, Belgium, France, Indonesia, United States
★ English, Dutch, Indonesian, Japanese
Keywords
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