The East
Aug 13, 2021 | IMDB 5.9
137 min Watch NowWar, Drama, Thriller, History
A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.
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