The Assault (Dutch: De aanslag) is a 1986 film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Harry Mulisch.

The main character is played by both Derek de Lint (in the present) and Marc van Uchelen (as a youth), whereas Monique van de Ven plays two different roles, one after the war (his first wife) and one in the war (a woman who participated in the assault and whom he meets later the same night in a dark police cell).

In January 1945, as the Second World War in Europe is reaching its end, much of the Netherlands remains under Nazi occupation.

The Nazis, assuming that the Steenwijks killed the collaborator, execute the parents and older brother together with a large number of hostages.

The story moves between the end of World War II and the 1980s, following Steenwijk's often reluctant quest for the truth about the events of that traumatic night.