Floris (2004)

Director:

Jean van de Velde

Writer:

Gerard Soeteman (writer)

Release Date:

15 December 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Family | Action | Adventure

Plot:

Floris van Rozemond Junior, son and heir of a long line of knights of that name, refuses to go in the military 'family business' and becomes an actor...

Plot Keywords:

Based On TV Series | One Word Title | Middle Ages | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Michiel Huisman	...	Floris
Victor Löw	...	Floris sr.
Daan Schuurmans	...	Van Rossum jr.
Linda van Dyck	...	Hertogin van Gelre
Bastiaan Ragas	...	Blanchefleur / Marilyn Monroe
Loes Wouterson	...	Jacoba
Henk Poort	...	Sergeant sr.
Kees Boot	...	Sergeant jr.
Tom Jansen	...	Grote Pier
Bob van Tol	...	Van Rossum sr.
Yannick van de Velde	...	Hertog van Bourgondië
Didier Chabi	...	Zwarte Piraat
Dimme Treurniet	...	Grote Piraat
Harrie Wiessenhaan	...	Piraat Julio
Pieter Tiddens	...	Kaasboer

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:MG6

Filming Locations:

Castle Doornenburg, Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands

Company:

Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV B.V.

Trivia:

Still keen to feature the original Floris in this remake/spoof/sequel, the story was changed so that Michiel Huisman's Floris is now Rutger Hauer's grandson, enabling them to show Hauer in flashback footage from the original series.

Movie Connections:

Features "Floris" (1969)

Not Flawless, Floris...

The biggest mistake was to make a brief reference to Floris-the-series by showing a 5 second BLACK and WHITE clip of Floris (Rutger Hauer)and his buddy Sindala. This ruined the whole movie, apart from what other IMDb-submitters have already written. The biggest blooper if you wish was the cheese-mill, in the middle of nowhere, full of cheese AND milk but with not a cow in sight. Mills were used for two things in Medieval Netherlands aka Holland: to pump water away and to grind wheat to make flour. Cheese was typically made in so-called cheese-farms, where you had the cows and hence the milk. This total utter stupidity to feature a cheese-MILL killed the movie for me. Add the reference to Marilyn Monroe singing 'Happy Birthday' to President Kennedy (A 'dragqueen' performing for the Duchess)and immediately all medieval aspects of the film ruined as well. I would also like to strongly criticize the film-makers for their reference to hemp-smoking (Pi (pronounced as (apologies) 'pee') who points this possibility with grass (marijuana) out to Floris already in the beginning of the film) and cruelty to animals (the killing of a rabbit by the Duchess of Gelre). The Dutch Film Board classified this film as '6', in other words suitable for year One Primary School children and up. A disgrace this film.