Yes Nurse! No Nurse! (2002)
"Ja zuster, nee zuster" (original title)

The film is a cheerful stylised musical comedy a la 8 femmes. The story happens in the guesthouse of sister Klivia in one of the Dutch towns. The inhabitants of the guesthouse are very ... See full summary »

Director:

Pieter Kramer

Writers:

Harry Bannink, Frank Houtappels,

Stars:

Loes Luca, Tjitske Reidinga, Waldemar Torenstra

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Loes Luca	...	Zuster Klivia
Tjitske Reidinga	...	Jet
Waldemar Torenstra	...	Gerrit
Edo Brunner	...	Bertus
Lennart Vader	...	Bobby
Beppe Costa	...	Ingenieur
Paul Kooij	...	Buurman Boordevol
Paul de Leeuw	...	Wouter
Frits Lambrechts	...	Opa
Pierre van Duijl	...	Zorbo de Griek
Raymonde de Kuyper	...	De Drie Trudies
Trudy de Jong	...	De Drie Trudies
Trudie Lute	...	De Drie Trudies
Olga Zuiderhoek	...	Mevrouw de Rechter
Henk Stuurman	...	Mijnheer Azalea

Storyline

The film is a cheerful stylised musical comedy a la 8 femmes. The story happens in the guesthouse of sister Klivia in one of the Dutch towns. The inhabitants of the guesthouse are very cheerful and good-hearted persons whose open communal lifestyle is contrasted with the life of somewhat nasty and complaining neighbour behind the wall herr Boordevool. Boordevool has spent ages looking for the reasons to shut the guesthouse. One day a girl from the the guesthouse meets a nice young guy Gerrit. Sister Klivia lets Gerrit stay regardless of him being a thief. Will that give a chance to the insinuations of the neighbour?

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Plot Keywords:

pigeon | remake | happy ending | gay interest | police | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [nl] Regent Releasing [us]

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

23 October 2002 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

Yes Nurse! No Nurse!

Box Office

Budget:

€2,717,930 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$716 (USA) (29 October 2004)

Gross:

$12,517 (USA) (29 October 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bos Bros. Film & TV Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Digital (2.0) Dolby Digital (5.1 surround)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The red cross on the men's singlets has the letters J, Z, N and Z in the four corners. These are the initials of the film's title. The red cross on the marching girls' costumes is surrounded by the name of the film.

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Goofs

Although the movie is set in the '60s, you can see a present day cat food tin when Ingenieur feeds his pill to Boordevol's cat.

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Crazy Credits

During the credits a home movie is shown in which the then princess Beatrix visits the resthouse with her son Willem-Alexander. Funny touch: Willem-Alexander is already wearing a crown and Beatrix is pregnant, expecting her second child.

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Connections

References The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

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Soundtracks

"Stroei-voei"
Music by Harry Bannink
Lyrics by Annie M.G. Schmidt

User Reviews

happy film and a goof found

Happy comment on the 60-ties in the pre-hippie era, where everything had to be neat and tidy. The story is about a household ruled by a good and naive nurse that has to compete with a nasty neighbour. The film was made after the television series, that turned some characters' behaviour more into a running gag than a film is able to do. The original TV-series only remain to exist in the memory of people as the tape copies were reused and thus destroyed in the pre-VCR times. Based on the concepts of the series a new script was made with a simple storyline that makes up a nice base for singing (of the original songs) and dancing. Most of the songs are now classics by writer Annie M.G. Schmidt and composer Harrie Bannink, who both recently died. I think nevertheless that it is a very Dutch movie. Subtilties are harder to understand for outsiders. One other goof found. In the scene with the singing flight attendants, a model plane is used of a 747-400. It was introduced in 1988. Even a 747 is questionable as it wasn't launched until 1969 and KLM took it's first one into operation in 1971.