De geheimen van Barslet 

In the middle of nowhere lies the little Dutch village: Barslet. The only strange thing about the village seems to be the name, which means "bar slut" in Dutch. But there is also a ... See full summary »

Creator:

Anjet Daanje

Stars:

Dragan Bakema, Sallie Harmsen, Teun Luijkx

3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Dragan Bakema	...	Bjorn Moonen 5 episodes, 2011
Sallie Harmsen	...	Manon de Vries 5 episodes, 2011
Teun Luijkx	...	Kasper de Vries 5 episodes, 2011
Barbara Pouwels	...	Brigitte Haberkorn 5 episodes, 2011
Connor Smith	...	Mischa de Vries 5 episodes, 2011
Sanneke Bos	...	Roelie Dekker 4 episodes, 2011
Martijn Lakemeier	...	Guido Haberkorn 4 episodes, 2011
Jim van der Panne	...	Tijmen Bouwman 4 episodes, 2011
Mohammed Azaay	...	Jawhar Barzani 3 episodes, 2011
Romijn Conen	...	Pascal Haberkorn 3 episodes, 2011
Chris Dekkers	...	Wies Haberkorn 3 episodes, 2011
Kaltoum el Fan	...	Bahira Barzani 3 episodes, 2011
Jaap ten Holt	...	Hein de Vries 3 episodes, 2011
Ezra Mol	...	Femke Haberkorn 3 episodes, 2011
Loek Peters	...	Sibe Dekker 3 episodes, 2011
Richelle Plantinga	...	Tessa Haberkorn 3 episodes, 2011
Raymond Thiry	...	Douwe Bouwman 3 episodes, 2011
Chiara Tissen	...	Nel de Vries 3 episodes, 2011
Soesja Toehpah	...	Nashwa Barzani 3 episodes, 2011
Robert Ruigrok van der Werve	...	Abel Bouwman 3 episodes, 2011
Juda Goslinga	...	Bert van der Ploeg 2 episodes, 2011
Margot Ros	...	Hennie Bouwman / ... 2 episodes, 2011
Dan van Steen	...	Kramers 2 episodes, 2011

Storyline

In the middle of nowhere lies the little Dutch village: Barslet. The only strange thing about the village seems to be the name, which means "bar slut" in Dutch. But there is also a different interpretation of the name. "Bars" means "unfriendly" in Dutch and "let" is medieval Dutch for "people". So Barslet means "unfriendly people". Barslet seems to be an ordinary and peaceful village. But if you believe that, you're mistaken. Within a short period of time the villagers are shaken up by lots of strange events: a pyromaniac terrorizes the village, a boy dies in mysterious circumstances, a child seems to be able to predict the future, and to the amazement of everyone, living fish fall out of the sky on the village square. In the 7 episodes of the television series the viewer sees the same sequence of events, but each time through the eyes of a different villager. In this way the viewer learns more about the reasons for the strange events, but each answer also leads to new questions.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

6 October 2012 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

De wonderen van Barslet

Filming Locations:

Easterlittens, Friesland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

€3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Waterland Film & TV,Nederlandse Christelijke Radio-Vereniging (NCRV),NTR

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min (7 Episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Bars" means "unfriendly" in Dutch and "let" is medieval Dutch for "people". So Barslet means "unfriendly people"

User Reviews

Very clever written, great acting and a beautiful setting

After seeing this complete series, i was blown away. I really felt excited about how the story onfolds a little further with each episode.

In the first few episodes there a quitte a lot of things unclear, but that just makes you want to watch the next episode immediately. As the series goes further some things become clear, but it will also raise new questions, that makes it very exciting throughout all the episodes. So for that I want to praise the writers.

The actors that have been chosen for this series are very well casted, you really can read the emotions they have from their faces, even if they don't say a word. This shows that they are enough great Dutch actors available in such a small country.

The setting of this series also works very well, the little village is very recognisable, it really fells like that type of little village where everybody knows everything about each other. That really makes it feel more realistic and believable.

For me this is one of the best Dutch series, thanks to a very interesting storyline, great acting and a very well chosen setting.