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...
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Cast
22 people
Eddie Brugman
Pallieter
Known for
Katie Tippel
Jacqueline Rommerts
Marieke
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Roland Verhavert
Felix Timmermans
Jan van Raemdonck
Sylvia de Leur
Charlotte
Also in
Business Is Business
The Curse of Wolf Castle
Hugo Claus
Also in
Permeke
Gerrit Visscher
Joris Diels
Pastoor
Idwig Stephane
Fransoo
Known for
Just a Question of Love
The Butterfly
Rudi Van Vlaenderen
Oude Graaf
Also in
Chronicle of a Passion
The Conscript
Idwig Stéphane
Fransoo
Roland Verhavert Director · Hugo Claus Screenplay Felix Timmermans Author
First release December 12, 1975 · Produced in Netherlands, Belgium · Production Elan Film (BE), Cinécentrum N.V.
Production
Kunst en Kino
Production
Elan Film (BE)
Production
Cinécentrum N.V.
Production
City Productie Maatschappij
Production
Netherlands · Belgium
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Dutch
Spoken on screen
Dutch
Release dates
Belgium · December 12, 1975
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
November 19, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Netherlands
February 26, 1976 · Theatrical
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