For Queen and Country(1979)

For Queen and Country is a 1979 Dutch television miniseries directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema and Gerard Soeteman. This four-part serial expands on Verhoeven's 1977 film Soldier of Orange, following a group of Leiden University students who become entangled in the Dutch resistance during World War II. As the German occupation tightens its grip on the Netherlands, Erik, Guus, Jan, Alex, and Robby navigate the dangerous choice between collaboration and active resistance. The series traces their transformation from ordinary students into unlikely fighters, capturing both the moral complexity and human cost of wartime survival. With Verhoeven's direction and a script rooted in true events, For Queen and Country delivers an unflinching portrait of occupation and resistance in occupied Europe.