De zaak Menten

I remember the case. Around that time my family moved back from Italy to The Netherlands and I started to hit puberty. My parents were enraged how politics and politicians were trying to cover the whole affair up. Mind you, most of the ppl who lived through WWII were still alive.

While watching the series I felt the anger again. That POS should have been stripped of all his money and possessions and locked away for eternity. Since that didn´t happen either, by the time I went to bed I was furious. So it´s a real bad idea to watch this series before bedtime, especially if you know what actually happened during WWII and the time after.

Absorbing true story about a Dutch journalist attempting to expose the evil attrocities carried out on Jews in wartime Poland during world war 2. Pieter Menten is now a wealthy business man who started his empire with money from stolen art works. While the flashbacks to the 1940's are not especially graphic, they still convey the horrifying reality of the inhumane and cruel treatment handed out. With just three episodes it moves at a brisk pace and kept my interest throughout. The investigation takes place in 1976, and although I was an adult at that time I do not remember the story, maybe it was not widely reported in the UK.

What made it more potent for me was that I watched it just after the horrific massacre in Israel on the 7/10 which has been reported as the worst attack on Jews since the holocaust. A reminder that evil anti semites are still with us.

Great filming, images of the thirties, forties and seventies accurately presented. Characters believable. Great cast. Great performances. Historically interesting. Disturbing, actual, about monsters among us. How cruel and horrific people can be. It's of all times. But a war is a benefit to monsters and a horror to honest men, women and innocent children. After a war it seems hard to bring justice upon them criminals, according to this true story. A story about the cost of integrity, politics, freedom of speech. A story about justice. Finally a dutch film of great quality.

A must see!

I really enjoyed watching this tv series. The plot and the characters were well portrayed - as were the emotions of the main characters. There was only one thing I was a little puzzled by at the end - which also happens to be the very end of the trial. An older gentleman walks in to the court house. He wears glasses and is holding a briefcase close to his chest. Could someone tell me who this person was. I really enjoyed watching this tv series. The plot and the characters were well portrayed - as were the emotions of the main characters. There was only one thing I was a little puzzled by at the end - which also happens to be the very end of the trial. An older gentleman walks in to the court house. He wears glasses and is holding a briefcase close to his chest. Could someone tell me who this person was.

This series greatly captures the spirit of the seventies in The Netherlands but also brings about the past of the Second World War in a great way. The actors are experienced ones, delivering emotions in a very good way. I never felt like looking at bad actors in this series and everything had a very realistic impression.