Overview
In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter. He moves in with Charlote, a naive, caring relative in the country, where he starts frolicking, no longer caring for image, career or possessions, but concentrates on enjoying life -such as a draftee relative's Brueghelian wedding- and finds love with Marieke. A dark story-line however is when projected work on the river in the name of economical progress threatens the rural landscape they have fallen in love with...
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 12, 1975
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Cast
- Herbert Flack,Joris Diels,Alice Toen,Robbe De Hert,Sylvia de Leur,Maurits Goossens,Manu Verreth,Eddie Brugman,Jan Decleir,Rudi Van Vlaenderenand 5 more
- Director
- Roland Verhavert
- Writer
- Hugo Claus,Felix Timmermans
- Cinematography
- Pim Heytman
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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