Dorp aan de rivier
Netherlands,
1958, 92 min
Shown in 1959
CREDITS
- dir
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Fons Rademakers
- scr
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Hugo Claus
- cam
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Eduard van der Enden
- editor
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Oscar Rosander
- mus
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Jurriaan Andriessen
- cast
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Max Croiset, Mary Dresselhuys, Bernard Droog, Jan Retèl, Jan Teulings, Jan Lemaire Sr.
- prod co
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Nationale Film Productie Maatschappij
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COMMENTS
Late addition. Reported to be the first Dutch feature shown in the U.S. A party sponsored by the Dutch consulate was held outside the theater which closed Union Street with several hundred people having Dutch beer and cheese.
OTHER
An enigmatic country doctor tends a provincial village in Holland at the first of the century. He is friendly with the humble people and knows and understands their secrets. Dr. Van Taeke also has his own strange secret—when his wife dies he determines to bury her in his garden to keep her near him. He and their sons share the uneasy knowledge. The burgermeister later demands the dismissal of the doctor, offering him a payment. The doctor sets fire to the money and goes on his way from the town to which he had dedicated 25 years of his life.
FACTOID #28
A print of Tonight and Every Night, to be shown at the Rita Hayworth tribute in 1972, was stolen out of a truck on its way to the theater.
