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Writer:
Alex van Warmerdam (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 September 2006 (Netherlands) more
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Awards:
3 wins & 5 nominations more
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Wonderful movie if you like the absurd humor more (10 total)

Cast

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Alex van Warmerdam ... Edgar
Ariane Schluter ... Victoria
Jaap Spijkers ... Walter
Mark Rietman ... Herman

Thekla Reuten ... Suzie
Kees Prins ... Zakenman 1
Pierre Bokma ... Zakenman 2
Porgy Franssen ... Zakenman 3
Lyne Renee ... Stella (as Line Van Wambeke)
Waldemar Kobus ... Richard

Fedja van Huêt ... Ralph
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joop Admiraal ... Magere man
Jakop Ahlbom ... Stanley
Martine Berghuijs ... Vrouw
Loek Beumer ... Ober racletten
Leny Breederveld ... Vrouw Gerard
Bert Bunschoten ... Gerard
Aat Ceelen ... Gezette man
Peter Drost ... Gerant racletten
René van 't Hof ... Oud winkel vrouwtje

Togo Igawa ... Makino
Jan Jaap Janssen ... Begrafenisondernemer
Stephan Legand ... Sieb
Sylvia Poorta ... Ilse
Karina Smulders ... Verrukkelijk meisje 1
Sofie van Dijk ... Verrukkelijk meisje 2
Marc van Warmerdam ... Ober nachtrestaurant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Waiter (Canada: English title) (festival title)
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Runtime:
97 min | Canada:97 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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9 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Wonderful movie if you like the absurd humor, 28 October 2006
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Author: sybrandb from Netherlands

I watched this movie yesterday evening. First of all: too bad there was a break, we were just reaching the point where I started wondering whether there would be a happy or a tragic ending. It was remarkable there were almost no scenes in broad daylight. It also struck me the restaurant was almost empty. The atmosphere resembled somewhat the paintings of Dennis Hopper. If you would have told me the story was located in the 50's, I would immediately have believed that. In a way, the story is timeless, and though we are in a city, it is completely unimportant which city this is. You see Edgar one or two times in a tram from the Hague, but you see so little of the city, you don't have the idea the Hague is the location for this movie. The humor is wonderful, many times characters overreact, with as result principal characters end up in funny situations. If you recall the British comedy Fawlty Towers, and like the character of Basil Fawlty, you know what humor to expect.

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