Naakt over de schutting (1973)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Frans Weisz

Writers:

Rinus Ferdinandusse (novel)
Rinus Ferdinandusse (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 November 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Topless | Lesbian Scene | Female Nudity | Nudity | Lesbianism

Cast

Rijk de Gooyer	...	Rick Lemming
Jennifer Willems	...	Penny van der Laan
Jon Bluming	...	Ed Zwaan
Adèle Bloemendaal	...	Celia Strumpf
Sylvia Kristel	...	Lilly Marischka
Ton Lensink	...	Floor van der Terpen
Jerome Reehuis	...	Lode Zaayer
Ko van Dijk	...	Higgins
Lo Syses	...	Mack (as Lodewijk Syses)
Hans Syses	...	Jack
Jerry Brouer	...	Valentine
Frans Halsema	...	Interviewer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maniuschka Cahn
Rinus Ferdinandusse
Carola Gijsbers van Wijk
Lex Goudsmit
Loek Hollander
Karel Korsman
Ed Lautenslager
Con Meyer
Wim Poncia
Harm Post
Jaap Stobbe
Olga Zuiderhoek

Also Known As:

Naked Over the Fence (UK)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Certification:

Belgium:KNT | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | Netherlands:16 | USA:X

Company:

Parkfilm

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Een scheve schaats (1983) (TV)

Soundtrack:

A letter came today

Amsterdam: the city of sin and sodom

Based on one of six 'Srillers' (short for sarcastic thriller) by Rinus Ferdinandusse, starring Rijk de Gooijer as Rutger Maria Lemming, or Rick for short. Lemming suffers from Angela Lansbury syndrome: murder mysteries regularly cross his part even though he is happy milking pigeons and running a pinball arcade. When his big dumb friend and former karate champ Ed Zwaan (John Blumming) finds himself involved with some pornographers, the two of them set about getting their hands on the embarrassing footage.

Rounding out the unusual cast are two actors best remembered from children's television: Jennifer Willems as Wendy, a young teacher who is also Rick's tenant, and Ton Lensink (Ti-ta Tovernaar himself), playing against type. A pre-Emmanuelle Sylvia Kristel appears as the object of Ed's affections, a low class singer called Lilly. She and Ed are the ones who jump the fence in their birthday suit (from which this movie gets it's title), and not Rick or Wendy, as depicted on the poster.

The three investigators enter a world of blackmail, murder and violence, but luckily Wendy has taken Ed's Karate class, and it is really all quite tame considering it's set in and around the seedy Amsterdam sex circuit. The finale features a 'spectacular' tram chase all the way to Artis Zoo, made more lively by Ruud Bos' impressive score, except for the parts where Miss Kristel is singing. None of Ferdinandusse's other Srillers ever made it to the big screen.

5 out of 10