The East

The East

The east (Dutch: De Oost) is a 2020 Dutch war movie set in the Dutch Civil Aggressions, or "Police actions" as they are known in the Netherlands. The movie is directed by Jim Taihuttu and stars Martijn Lakemeier as Johan de Vries, the son of a dutch Nazi collaborator who volunteered to fight for the Netherlands in the Aggression of the late 1940s, Marwan Kazari plays the role of Raymond "De Turk" Westerling. The movie takes place Near Batavia (which mistakenly gets referred to as Jakarta in the movie a few times) and later moves to (south)Sulawesi.

Handguns

Harrington & Richardson Top Break revolver

Johan (Martijn Lakemeier) uses the Harrington & Richardson Top Break revolver of an unknown caliber in a few scenes.

Johan gets a H&R revolver from The Turk for his first job with him

Johan receives the H&R revolver from The Turk as a "thank you" gift after the job is done

Johan inspects his gift revolver

Nambu Type 14

The Nambu Type 14 also makes a brief appearance in a plantation house.

Johan inspects one of the weapons the Japanese left for the Indonesians

Colt 1903

One of the more prominently shown pistols in this movie is the Colt 1903 pistol. The Main sidearm(s) of The Turk

Colt 1903, .32 ACP

The Turk aims a Colt 1903 pistol at a Japanese soldier

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The Turk loves at carry 2 1903 pistols, in this shot, they're laid on his table

Sub Machine guns

STEN-gun

An insurgent holds a STEN gun, possibly a Mk2.

Grease Gun

The Grease Gun also makes a brief appearance in The East.

One of the commandos under The Turk fires his M3 Grease Gun

Rifles

Lee-enfield No1 Mk III

Johan's main rifle for the movie is the Lee-Enfield No1 Mk III

A rather bored looking officer gives Johan an SMLE-rifle after signing paperwork.

Johan goes on patrol in Dutch controlled area with his SMLE on his shoulder.

Johan aims his SMLE at a farmer when on guard duty.

Arisaka Type 38

A few Japanese soldiers that harass a civilian carry Arisaka Type 38 rifles

Johan goes to intervene the Japanese people harassing the man

It goes south quickly, and all parties draw weapons when The Turk (handling the Colt 1903) joins the conversation.

M1 Garand

The men of the commando battalion that got erected take a group photo, proudly showing off their M1 Garands.

The boys proudly take a picture with their new kit, including M1 Garands

Light Machine Guns

Bren Mk1

Mattias(Jonas Smulders) takes off his helmet on patrol in enemy territory to cool off before telling one of his stories.

Mattias takes off his helmet while carrying a BREN gun

Heavy Machine Gun

Browning M2

On his first night, Johan excitedly grabs an M2 HMG to hopefully shoot Indonesians.

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Johan grabs a M2 Browning HMG on his first guard night