Michiel de ruyter4/6/2024 ![]() When I sat down to watch this film, I first realized that the audio was in Dutch and had to turn on the English subtitles). I don’t normally write about what moves me, but this film definitely caused me to put words to computer screen. While taking time off from a bathroom remodeling project, I sat down to see what was interesting and recently added on Netflix. What pulls at de Ruyter is his neglected family, his desire to see his beloved Holland not be torn apart in a civil war between the Republicans and the Orangists under Prince Willem III (Egbert Jan Weeber) and to modernize the naval fleet to protect his homeland and their merchant fleet. With political and familial ties between the great houses of Europe threatening to tear apart the young Republic, Michiel de Ruyter (Frank Lammers) is asked to take over after Admiral Maarten Tromp (Rutger Hauer) is killed in battle by the English forces under King Charles II (Charles Dance). In an excellent piece of storytelling, ADMIRAL brings to life Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676), brilliant naval strategist, creator of the Dutch Marines, family man and stabilizing citizen of the recently created Republic of the Netherlands. Language: Dutch, English and French w/English subtitlesĭistributor: XLrator Media (USA) – currently running on Netflix (subscription) and Amazon Video ($3.99)Ĭast: Frank Lammers, Charles Dance, Rutger Hauer, Daniel Brocklebank, Ella-June Henrard, Barry Atsma,Egbert Jan Weeber ![]()
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