De Heineken ontvoering (2011)

Director:

Maarten Treurniet

Writers:

Maarten Treurniet, Kees van Beijnum

Stars:

Rutger Hauer, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Gijs Naber

5 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rutger Hauer	...	Alfred Heineken
Reinout Scholten van Aschat	...	Rem
Gijs Naber	...	Cor
Teun Kuilboer	...	Frans
Korneel Evers	...	Jan
Truus te Selle	...	Mrs. Heineken
Marjolein Keuning	...	Els
Sallie Harmsen	...	Lisa
Menno Van Beekum	...	Ab Doderer
Ton Kas	...	Meneer Humbrechts
Beppie Melissen	...	Mevrouw Humbrechts
Laurie Reijs	...	Sonja
Marcel Hensema	...	Kees Sietsma
Genio De Groot	...	Korthals Altes
Porgy Franssen	...	Max Moszkowicz

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Crime | History | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [nl]

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch English French

Release Date:

27 October 2011 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

21 Days: The Heineken Kidnapping

Company Credits

Production Co:

IDTV Film, Verenigde Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (VARA), Nederlands Fonds voor de Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The kidnapper named "Rem Hubrechts" was actually named Willem Holleeder. There actually was a fifth kidnapper, not shown in the movie, called Martin "Remmetje" Erkamps. They used his nickname and gave it to Hubrechts because they couldn't use the name Willem Holleeder because he is still around and threatened with a law suit if they used his name in the movie.

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Goofs

When Rem almost gets hit by Heineken's car; you can clearly see the "BelCompany" store in the background, a store that specializes in (mostly) cell phones. Not only were these hard to come by in 1983, but the company itself wasn't founded until 12 years later.

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Connections

Featured in De wereld draait door: Episode #8.25 (2012)

User Reviews

The Heineken kidnapping

Freddy Heineken was with his namesake company for almost 50 years, eventually becoming the president. He was the driving force behind Heineken becoming an international brand. He married Lucille Cummins, an American from a bourbon family. He was at the pinnacle of Dutch corporate life.

In 1983, six years before retirement, he and his chauffeur Ab Doderer were kidnapped and held for ransom by a gang of Amsterdam petty criminals: Cor van Hout, Willem Holleeder, Jan Boelaard, Frans Meijer and Martin Erkamps. They demanded and were paid a ransom of 35 million guilders. They successfully escaped to France, where they were eventually caught and extradited back to the Netherlands to do time. Some of the money was never found. Meijer escaped for a while to Paraguay, but he too was caught eventually.

Holleeder served his time and was released in 1992. (Hey, this is the Netherlands.) He emerged wealthy and well connected in the Dutch underworld and was later convicted of another famous crime. In the eyes of the Dutch media he has become notorious, the country's best known criminal.

Dutch director Maarten Treurniet has made a film about this very famous crime. However, like in most Dutch historical movies, telling a good story is paramount, so the film is deliberately not quite historically accurate. For example, Heineken's wife is portrayed as Dutch. Holleeder and others have complained about the inaccuracies in the film, Holleeder even litigating from prison to object at how he was portrayed and the inaccurate details. Holleeder has been renamed "Rem" in the film.

Even if the story wasn't totally accurate, it brought the whole affair to life for me. I thought it was a good film. The story, pace, acting, technical aspects all worked well. The melodrama you often see in Dutch movies was toned down.

The movie hinged on the personal relationship between Heineken and Holl..., er, Rem. Civilisation is a thin veneer. None of us, even the rich, are ever that far away from the Darwinian world of the schoolyard. The movie Heineken doesn't take kindly to being terrorised by Rem, but Rem understands the impact of physical violence. The movie unexpectedly humanised Holleeder for me, at one point trying to show that bad boy Rem himself was the victim of circumstances.

Rutger Hauer's performance was superb: he WAS Freddy Heineken. Reinout Scholten van Aschat (who really looks like the young Holleeder) brought the character to life. He projected both the physical magnetism and mean spirit of the narcissistic bully.

I enjoyed this movie for what it was. For me, it was one of the best Dutch movies in a while, and still is. I recommend this film.