Admiral
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by the great Kingdom of England, France and Germany and the country itself is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.
26 March 1956, Antwerp, Belgium
25 August 1962, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
July 3, 1969
October 30, 1993
24 April 1971, England, UK
March 24, 1982 in Overloon, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
February 27, 1996 in Epe, Gelderland, Netherlands
9 October 1937, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
27 March 1959, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands
May 4, 1950 in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
16 March 1950, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
July 6, 1973 in London, England, UK
6 February 1982, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands
5 December 1977, Antwerpen, Belgium
17 July 1950, The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
18 June 1981, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
August 28, 1995
November 5, 1975 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
2 December 1962, Anderlecht, Belgium
June 16, 1961
February 16, 2016
The dialog talks down a little to the viewers who are intended in large part to be school students, but it pays the viewer back in thrilling visual images.February 02, 2016
Perfunctory historical Dutch bio-pic benefiting from epic scale and impressive lead performances.March 12, 2016
For all the elements that don't mesh naturally, "Admiral" still manages to be intermittently engaging and fitfully exciting.February 26, 2016
Frank Lammers gives a surprisingly understated performance as Michiel de Ruyter. Though he has his moments of fury and agony, his usual countenance is one of weariness and concealment.March 10, 2016
There's barely enough time to develop De Ruyter as a character in his own movie, or even successfully explain his war strategies.