Pallieter (1976)

1h 29min | Drama, Romance | 26 February 1976 (Netherlands)

In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a ... See full summary »

Director:

Roland Verhavert

Writers:

Felix Timmermans (novel), Hugo Claus (screenplay)

Stars:

Eddie Brugman, Jacqueline Rommerts, Sylvia de Leur | See full cast & crew »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Eddie Brugman	...	Pallieter
	Jacqueline Rommerts	...	Marieke
	Sylvia de Leur	...	Charlotte
	Joris Diels	...	Pastoor
	Idwig Stephane	...	Fransoo
	Rudi Van Vlaenderen	...	Oude graaf
	Hugo Van Den Berghe	...	(as Hugo Vandenberghe)
	Cary Fontyn
	Herbert Flack	...	Jonge Graaf
	Jan Decleir	...	Bohumil
	Manu Verreth	...	Oom
	Jan Reussens	...	Oom
	Robbe De Hert	...	Jules
	Erna Palsterman
	Alice Toen	...	Tante

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In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter (the Dutch language has adopted this as a noun for a "bon vivant"). He moves in with Charlote, a naive, caring relative in the country, where he starts frolicking, no longer caring for image, career or possessions, but concentrates on enjoying life -such as a draftee relative's Brueghelian wedding- and finds love with Marieke. A dark story-line however is when projected work on the river in the name of economical progress threatens the rural landscape they have fallen in love with. Written by KGF Vissers

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