De worstelaar (1970)

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Writers:

Kees Holierhoek, Paul Verhoeven

Stars:

Jon Bluming, Bernard Droog, Peter Faber

Cast

Credited cast:
Jon Bluming
Bernard Droog
Peter Faber
Marielle Fiolet
Wim Zomer

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama | Short

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Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Also Known As:

The Wrestler

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Zwartboek: The Special (2006)

User Reviews

Funny early Verhoeven short - preparatory to features

This 20 minute movie was the last of Verhoeven's shorts. It has the same super-ugly look (clashing, bleary colors, aggressively non-attractive people and compositions) that is characteristic of his early features, and the same raunchy bitterly ironic humor too. Made in 1970 - it is a typical (except anyone as talented as Verhoeven is never typical) example of swinging 60s sexual morality. Well paced, nicely amoral and with Verhoeven closet-fascist (I share his views entirely) disgust with the grossness and worthlessness of the age in which we live palpable beneath the surface. Wickedly, deadpan-ironic and confrontational as only Paul Verhoeven can be. All in all - it is a Paul Verhoeven picture and better in some ways than his early features - certainly better than the one about the Amsterdam hooker.

I'd sure love to see his other shorts - especially the one on Mussart and the Dutch Marines.