Een vlucht regenwulpen (1981)

Director:

Ate de Jong

Writers:

Maarten 't Hart (novel)
Ate de Jong (writer)

Release Date:

19 February 1981 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Maarten, a bachelor living with his terminally ill mother, is haunted by a nightmare in which God tells...

Plot Keywords:

Male Nudity | Based On Novel

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Willeke van Ammelrooy	...	Martha
Mike Bendig	...	Maarten, 5 jaar
Igor Binsbergen	...	Jacob, 15 jaar
Femke Boersma	...	Verpleegster
Adrian Brine	...	Dokter
Rijk de Gooyer	...	Bovenmeester
Paul van Gorcum	...	Ouderling
Thijs Janssen	...	Maarten, 15 jaar
Nel Kars	...	Doktersassistente
Margot Keune	...	Jacqueline
Kika Keus	...	Meisje op eiland
Bastiaan Klap	...	Jongen op eiland
Simone Kleinsma	...	Laborante Janny
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Maarten / alter ego
Loes Luca	...	Automobiliste
Barbara Masbeck	...	Lelijk meisje
Marijke Merckens	...	Moeder
Elja Pelgrom	...	Hoer
Erik Plooyer	...	Man Martha
Tycho Plooyer	...	Vriend Martha
Huib Rooymans	...	Jacob
Henriëtte Tol	...	Zus van Martha
Peter Tuinman	...	Vader
Hans Veerman	...	Ouderling
Claire Wauthion	...	Adrienne
Paulette Werner	...	Jonge Martha

Also Known As:

A Flight of Rainbirds

Runtime:

93 min | USA:94 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Sigma Film Productions

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: In the scene when Maarten just turned on the radio and his father gets angry, for about ten seconds a microphone is visible on the top of the screen.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Allemaal film: Verander de wereld (#1.4)" (2007)

The story about Maarten 't Hart

Jeroen Krabbe plays an uncertain person ('t Hart) in this biographical story. This uncertainty is particularly formed by his religion, and the impact of the religion reflected on his parents (read: father). His mother is his only support in his life, and because he has no other essential friends, he starts to worship his mother (the so-called Oedipus-phenomenon).

All these things that occurred to him, can be seen in the several flashbacks. He gets embittered by the fact that his father dies in the easy way, and his mother dies a painful death, what happens in present time. 't Hart has now reached the age of 35, and still is a virgin. The actual story is about a compelling dream he has, in which he has to share his bed with a girl in this next week, or else he would die. As the week passes, he tries to conquer his feelings of uncertainty by talking to his other (outgoing) side, and his surroundings.

Next to the good story, this movie gives a good picture about how people lived and thought in the west of the Netherlands (in the flashbacks), during the years after worldwar II ('50s-'60s).

While you see the movie a certain sympathy is created with the main character. The film is for a great part biographical, and hence if you are familiar with the works of Maarten 't Hart, I would recommend this movie.