Character
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Michael Van Diem
Hans Kesting
Rick Van Gastel
Joan Nederlof
Janusz Chabior
Peter Paul Muller
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After being arrested for the murder of Dreverhaven, the important and feared town bailiff, the young lawyer Katadreuffe remembers the events leading up to the crime through flashbacks which reveal the victim to be his father. Set in 1920's Rotterdam, the story follows Dreverhaven as he exercised his tyrannical power by forcing people from their homes while Katadreuffe grew up by taking refuge in books, cultivating a desire to make something of himself.
Director
Michael Van Diem
Cast
Hans Kesting
Rick Van Gastel
Joan Nederlof
Janusz Chabior
Peter Paul Muller
Willem Gomes
Dana Huizinga
Marzena Sztuka
Nico Devries
Christo Hulst
Sieger Hesselink
Jack Hedley
Johan Ooms
Lukas Dijkema
Jos Verbist
Wouter Steenbergen
Frieda Pittoors
Jasper Gottlieb
Kazimierz Kraczkowski
Yvonne Popa
Mark Rietman
Frans Vorstman
Kaylee Van Gastel
Victor Low
Zip Wertwijn
Lou Landré
Paul Van Soest
Nina Deuss
Fedja Van Huet
Paul Kooij
Bruun Kuijt
Myranda Jongeling
Casper Jansen
Dariusz Lewandowski
Malgorzata Napiorkowska
Jan Van Eijndthoven
Marisa Van Eyle
Jack Vecht
Gusta Gerritsen
Bernhard Droog
Tjerk Risselada
Willem Westermann
Roman Czajka
Fred Goessens
Hans Karsenbarg
Gerard Meijler
Jan Decleir
Tamar Van Den Dop
Wim Van Der Grijn
Dic Van Duin
Jeroen Van Den Bulk
Jaap Spijkers
Peter Oosthoek
Jan Pontier
Wil Van Der Meer
Pavlik Jansen Op De Haar
Aus Greidanus
Marion Van Wijk
Barbara Van Der Horn
Mijs Heesen
Anne Marie Grosfeld
Wim Wiertz
Jeroen Lopes Cardozo
Gabriel Klompmaker
John Clous
Betty Schuurman
Marcel Hensema
Marius Gottlieb
Crew
Max Bauer
Paul Bijpost
Pieter Walther Boer
F Bordewijk
Ruud Bos
Georges Bossaers
Paul Brand
Sam Cerulus
Rob Charles
Dirk Coutigny
Marcel De Hoogd
Robert Debruijn
Jessica Dekoning
Henk Devlieger
Michel Drenthe
Laurens Geels
Laurens Geels
Alek Goosse
Peter Isaak
Max Keinath
Kathy Kuhne
Mel Kutbay
Menno Landstra
Jimmy Lunceford
Roland Mylanus
Tamas P. Nyerges
Oliver
Naomi Pel
Luuk Poels
Niko Post
Andrzej Rafal Waltenberg
Bert Rijkelijkhuizen
Bert Rijkelijkhuizen
Jerzy Rutowicz
Jan Scholten
Michel Schopping
Stefan Schubert
Floris Schuller
Angelica Sluijter
Jeannette Snik
Stefanie Sperber
Rogier Stoffers
Volkert Struycken
Geert Stubbe
Jan Stulen
Jany Temime
Job Van As
Paleis Van Boem
Philippe Van Damme
Annemarie Van De Mond
Wim Van Den Berg
Han Van Der Werff
Michael Van Diem
Ruud Van Megen
Hennesien Van Walderveen
Bart Visman
Hans Voors
Lieve Vyncke
Frans Wamelink
Henk Wams
Peter Warnier
Peter Warnier
Liesbeth Wieggers
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Foreign Language Film
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Co-Winner of the Audience Choice Award (with "Mandragora," "Elles," "A Forgotten Light," and "The Long Way Home") at the 1998 Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Co-winner of the Best Director and Winner of the Best Cinematography Awards at the 1998 Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Winner of the Golden Calf for best film and the Grolsch Film Prize at the 1997 Netherlands Film Festival.
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 1998 Paris Film Festival.
Winner of the Roxanne T. Mueller Award for Best Film at the 1998 Cleveland International Film Festival.
Limited Release in United States March 27, 1998
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States December 1997
Released in United States January 1998
Released in United States March 1998
Released in United States May 1997
Released in United States November 1997
Released in United States October 1997
Released in United States on Video October 6, 1998
Released in United States Spring March 27, 1998
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, California February 26 - March 6, 1998.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (International Critics Week) May 7-19, 1997.
Shown at Cleveland International Film (Closing Night) Festival March 19-29, 1998.
Shown at Netherlands Film Festival (in competition) September 24 - October 3, 1997.
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 8-19, 1998.
Shown at Paris Film Festival March 29 - April 5, 1998.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 5-15, 1998.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Young Cinema) November 1-10, 1997.
Feature directorial debut for Mike van Diem.
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Netherlands Film Festival (in competition) September 24 - October 3, 1997.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, California February 26 - March 6, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Paris Film Festival March 29 - April 5, 1998.)
Released in United States January 1998 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 8-19, 1998.)
Released in United States March 1998 (Shown at Cleveland International Film (Closing Night) Festival March 19-29, 1998.)
Released in United States March 1998 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 5-15, 1998.)
Limited Release in United States March 27, 1998
Released in United States Spring March 27, 1998
Released in United States on Video October 6, 1998
Released in United States May 1997 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (International Critics Week) May 7-19, 1997.)
Released in United States December 1997 (Shown in New York City (Cinema Village) as part of prgram "Dutch Treats: New Films From Holland" December 12-18, 1997.)
Released in United States November 1997 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Young Cinema) November 1-10, 1997.)
Released in United States October 1997 (Shown at AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (Official Competition) October 23-30, 1997.)
