1981 · war · drama · resistance
The Girl with the Red Hair
Directed by Ben Verbong1h 50m1981
During the second world war law student Hannie Schaft is a member of the Dutch resistance movement.
Our read: The Girl with the Red Hair (1981) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded war · drama · resistance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured war / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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