Soldier of Orange [SEP] director
Soldier of Orange
Soldier of Orange (, ) is a 1977 Dutch film directed and co-written by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbé. The film is set around the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and shows how individual students have different roles in the war. The story is based on the autobiographical book "Soldaat van Oranje" by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema.
The film had a budget of ƒ 5,000,000 (€2,300,000), at the time the
Parisienne and A Tribute to the Blues Brothers. Together with Stichting De Praktijk he produced the play Hurly Burly.
In 2005 he obtained the rights to turn the story of Dutch resistance hero Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema into a musical production. Soldier of Orange premiered in the Netherlands on October 30, 2010.
Boot is managing director of NEW Productions, a company he established with his partners in Montecatini Talent Agency and Amerborgh Nederland. NEW Productions produced Soldier of Orange – The Musical and, in 2011, the theatre show Het Mooiste