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Karakter

1997

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (formerly Best Foreign Language Film) — 70th Academy Awards
Director:
Mike van Diem
Studio:
First Floor Features, Almerica Film, NPS
Starring:
Jan Decleir, Fedja van Huêt, Betty Schuurman, Tamar van den Dop, Victor Löw

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In 1930's Rotterdam, A.B. Dreverhaven, a dreaded bailiff, is found dead, with a knife stuck in his stomach. The obvious suspect is Jacob Willem Katadreuffe, an ambitious young lawyer who worked his way up from poverty, always managing to overcome Dreverhaven's personal attacks against him.