The Resistance Banker | in theaters 8 March
Another great movie. History teaches us about the politics and the military operations of a war, but they kind of gloss over the money. Here we have a couple of Dutch bankers who manage by hook and crook to funnel a hundred million guilders into financing the resistance. They aren't spending it all on weapons. The bulk of it seems to have gone to paying salaries to the railroad men men who have gone on strike. Without railway workers, the trains don't run. Without the trains, the German war machine doesn't go anywhere. Not very action packed, but very effective.
The threat of betrayal, torture and death is ever present, so the mood is a little tense.
Wikipedia has an article about Walraven van Hall, the titular character.
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