Gaston's War (1997)
October 23, 1997Release Date
Plot.
Gaston Vandermeerssche is a young, resourceful Flemish action hero of the Belgian resistance during World War II: he coaches surviving allied pilots trough occupied Belgium and France to Spain so they can regain England, each time a dangerous adventure as their poor mastery of local languages and customs add to the ever-present risks of trying to outsmart the Nazi troops and Gestapo agents. After a mess-up in the coordination from London he himself gets caught by the dreaded secret police for ruthless interrogation..
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Cast & Crew.
Werner De Smedt
Gaston
Mapi Galán
Veronique
Stuart Laing
Harry
Robbe De Hert
Director
Fernand Auwera
Writer
Peter Firth
Major Smith
Luc W.L. Janssen
Writer
Allan Mayer
Writer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
world war ii
nazi
based on a true story
resistance
heroism
Wiki.
Gaston's War is a Belgian 1997 drama film directed by Robbe De Hert and starring Werner De Smedt, Mapi Galán and Peter Firth. 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.The movie was nominated for a Golden Goblet at the 1997 Shanghai International Film Festival.