De bende van Oss

"You have to know your enemies before you know your friends."

Sep 29 2011 N/A 1h 52m
Crime, Drama, History

Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town of Oss in the 1930s. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.

Plot

In the 1930's the Brabant (southern province of the Netherlands) city of Oss was caught up in a crime wave. Even the military police was sent from the north to free the city from the terror regime of the gang of Oss. When they discover sex crimes and fraud even amongst the local clerics and prominent members of the community, the conflict escalates between the Catholic south and the Protestant north that eventually leads to the fall of the 'Colijn' administration, the last operating pre-war administration. During this, a young woman named Johanna wants to escape from the web of crime that surrounds her. The harder she tries, the deeper she sinks into fraud, prostitution, and even murder she gets stuck in fraud, prostitution, manslaughter and even murder.

Written by

Paul Jan Nelissen, André van Duren

Directed by

André van Duren

Production Countries

Netherlands

Production Companies

NTR, Entertainment One Benelux, CoBo Fonds, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, De Bende van Oss Filmfonds, Sigma Pictures, Rotterdam Media Fund

Languages

Nederlands

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
3,123
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA