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- Type
- Film
- Year
- 1974
- Release date
- Feb 8, 1974
- Genres
- Drama
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- ★ TMDB users: 5.3/10
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Title: The Conscript (Dutch: De loteling).
Year: 1974.
Genre: Drama / Belgian drama film.
Director: Roland Verhavert.
Based on: 1850 novel by Hendrik Conscience (the "father of Flemish literature").
Release Date (BE): 02/08/1974.
Runtime: 1h 22m.
Festival: Entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.
Setting: 1833, fledgling Belgian kingdom fearing Dutch invasion.
Plot: Recruits selected annually from an age cohort by a draw of lots. Jan Braems, a poor and naive farmers-boy, sells his lucky ticket (out) to a rich family's son for a hefty sum compared to miserable labor wages. Army life is harsher than farmhand life. Jan is a Dutch-speaking illiterate who cannot understand
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The Conscript is a feature film with a runtime of 110 minutes. It was released in 1974.
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