Count Your Blessings (1987)

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Director:

Pieter Verhoeff

Writers:

Marijke Höweler (book), Paul Ruven (story contributions)

Stars:

Mirjam Sternheim, Peter Tuinman, Geert de Jong

3 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mirjam Sternheim	...	Martje Wilbrink
Peter Tuinman	...	Leo de Zeeuw
Geert de Jong	...	Rosa Leroy
Marijke Veugelers	...	Karin de Bruin
Michiel Romeyn	...	Harrie de Bruin
Loudi Nijhoff	...	Moeder Kalk
Aart Lamberts	...	Wouter Kalk
Gerard Thoolen	...	Sjef
Olga Zuiderhoek	...	Barbara
Arend Jan Heerma van Voss	...	Thomas Wilbrink
Sylvia Holstijn	...	Veronica
Don Duyns	...	Martijn Wilbrink
Kees Prins	...	Quizmaster
Hans van Toorenburg	...	Barkeeper
Anton Haakman	...	Professor

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | female frontal nudity | male nudity | male rear nudity | bathtub | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Allemaal film: Tussen kunst en kassa (2007)

User Reviews

amusing, but unsteady plots.

This typical "eighties" Dutch semi-intellectual low-budget production is quite amusing, for the in-crowd who like " Jiskefet" or "Amsterdam ways of living". However, problems with script and plots make it an uneven film. In the end I had the impression, well known in semi-failed productions , to have been watching two different story lines in 1 film, that could not integrate. Still there is enough to enjoy. Then upcoming young actors, now famous TV comedians of "Jiskefet" fame, Michel Romeyn and Kees Prins do early examples of their unsurpassed "Amsterdam bad-guy" (proleet) and " funny radio" type personalities. The late Gerard Thoolen, always great in this kind of stories, like "In Voor en tegenspoed " on TV, does a great job as an uncanny middlemen in illegal ("BLACK") work projects...and there are more...Peter Tuynman as the soft, naive intellectual who ends up doing it with the daughter of his colleague, the fabulous Olga Zuyderhoek again, in short, the acting prestations make this movie somewhat worthwhile after all. Bad script or not. There is however one problem: availability. I guess it is not on DVD, nor on rental video, and the Dutch TV networks have forgotten about it too, until the first showing of it in a long time, recently (march 2005). Whereas bummers like " sachets" "Flodder" get aired too often....It is a bad world after all.

Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

19 November 1987 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Count Your Blessings

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rob Houwer Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color