A young Flemish peasant experiences the brutal side of war after his father has left to fight at the battle front of the Yser, his mother has been executed by German soldiers and his grandfather has been sent to an internment camp. He decides to take up arms and joins the Belgian army to avenge his mother’s death…
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Nadia D'Angely as La mère
Rose Deny as Cadette
Fernand Liesse as Le vieux grand-père
Émile Mylo as Pierre Segers
Plangère as Le curé
Abel Sovet as Lieutenant Carl von Freiherr
Charles Tutelier as Robert, le fils
Het gemartelde België Trailer
The martyrdom of Belgium Trailer
Belgium 30 October 1919
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LA BELGIQUE MARTYRE (“The Martyrdom of Belgium”) by Charles Tutelier was the first Belgian feature on the Great War made shortly after it ended in 1918 ...
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