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The Stichting Nationale Hannie Schaft-herdenking was named after her, as were several roads and schools. Some books and movies feature her, whether as the main character or a side character.

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Hannie Schaft was a Dutch resistance fighter during WWII. When Nazi fighters began to persecute Jews, Hannie immediately opposed it. when she refused to agree to the Nazi terms, she was forced to end her college studies. then she found the Dutch resistance.

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Hannie Schaft was a very valuable part of the Dutch resistance. but unlike other members, she wanted to use weapons. She was given an assigned target, and then Hannie would sabotage or assassinate them. Over time, she gained quite a reputation in the Nazi party, but not a good one. Hannie Schaft was on the Nazi most wanted list, and Hitler himself ordered for her capture. on the battlefield, she was know as "The girl with the red hair".

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Although she was an exceptional fighter, Hannie Schaft was arrested at a military checkpoint on April 17, 1945. The Nazis realized they had the resistance member that was on their hit list, so they ignored their agreement with the Dutch to stop executions. Just two weeks before the end of the war, she was taken to the sand dunes in Bloemendaal with a Dutch detective, driver, and three Nazi soldiers.

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They led the 24 year old Hannie into the dunes. Then, without warning, one of the Germans leading her, Mattheus Schmitz, fired his pistol and hit her in the head. Despite the injury, Hannie Schaft only turned around and said "I'm a better shot." right before he shot her again.

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Original title: Het meisje met het rode haar

The story of Hannie Schaft, Dutch Resistance, told in flashback as they try to bring collaborators and criminals to justice in 1945. The story of Hannie Schaft, Dutch Resistance, told in flashback as they try to bring collaborators and criminals to justice in 1945. The story of Hannie Schaft, Dutch Resistance, told in flashback as they try to bring collaborators and criminals to justice in 1945.

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Renée Soutendijk plays her first leading role as a young law student who joins the Dutch resistance in WWII and trains to be a liquidator. Having already garnered attention the year before in Paul Verhoeven's controversial "Spetters", Soutendijk decided to leave the sitcom Zeg 'ns Aaa (wich had not yet found a big audience) to concentrate on a career in film rather than television. The movie was shot to resemble black and white pictures from the period and looks suitably bleak and gray, making the lead characters's red hair stand out even more. Eventually circumstances force her to dye it (it made her the most recognizable resistance fighter) and at that point both the story and the film seem to lose all color. Not that there was anything to laugh about in the first place.

Debutant director and co-writer Ben Verbong decided to omit any references to Jannetje Johanna Schaft (the girl with the red hair) being a communist, even though that was one of the main reasons for her to join the resistance. There is hardly any dialog anyway, as none of the group members want too much emotional attachments. Even when she get romantically involved with fellow resistance fighter Hugo, they never seem especially passionate. The sparseness of the spoken word makes this picture seem even more like a psychological study of the lengths people will go to in desperate times as we watch the title character struggle with becoming a hit woman on a bicycle.

Although the film is certainly well made and Soutendijk proves to be a capable lead, there is absolutely nothing uplifting in the entire picture. The combination of long silent scenes and colorless photography makes for quite a depressive sitting. The period is recreated in great detail, with only Loes Luca's different hairstyles seeming to be a little out of place at times. Verbong and Soutendijk teamed up again in 1994 for the "Sliver" like thriller 'De Flat'. This marked Renée's return to Dutch films after a stint in Hollywood and Verbong's goodbye from his homeland, as he decided to move to Germany after wards.

7 out of 10

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The Girl with the Red Hair: Directed by Ben Verbong. With Renée Soutendijk, Peter Tuinman, Loes Luca, Johan Leysen. The story of Hannie Schaft, Dutch Resistance, told in flashback as they try to bring collaborators and criminals to justice in 1945.

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"I shoot better!"

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After the war, the remains of 422 resistance members where found. 421 men and one woman, Hannie Schaft. She was reburied in an honorary cemetery in Overveen, and was considered a "Symbol of the Resistance". But, for a while anyway, her grave was forbidden, seen as a symbol of the communist party.