Director: Mike van Diem
Script: Mike van Diem, Laurens Geels, Ruud van Mengen
Based on a novel by F. Bordevjik
Photography: Rogier Stoffers
Editor: Jessica de Koning
Music: Marcel de Hoogd, Het Paleis van Boem
Cast: Fedja van Huêt, Jan Decleir, Betty Schuurmann, Victor Löw, Tamar van den Dop, Hans Kesting
Producer: Laurens Geels
Production: First Floor Features
World Sales: President Films
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German Distribution: Concorde - Castle Rock/Turner Filmverleih GmbH
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Selected Filmography Mike van Diem: Alaska (shortfilm), Pleidooi (TV)
Rotterdam in the 1930's: Local Magistrate Dreverhaven, sadistic, unscrupulous abuser of power, has been murdered. His son, the young attorney Katadreuffe, is arrested as prime suspect in the killing. The story of a destructive father-son relationship is told in cleverly interwoven flashback sequences. An enticing psychodrama with opulent sets and magnificent costumes. An adaptation of F. Bordewijk's novel, this lavish production was awarded the 1998 "Oscar" for Best Foreign Film.