Directed by:
Bert HaanstraScreenplay:
Bert HaanstraCinematography:
Prosper DekeukelaireCast:
Julien Schoenaerts, Kees Brusse, Bernard Droog, Ger Smit, Jules Croiset, Ramses Shaffy, Jules Hamel, François Bernard, John Leddy, Piet Römer, Ko van Dijk jr. (more)Plots(1)
Following his successful feature début Fanfare, Haanstra made this comic thriller. After the international soccer match Netherlands-Belgium, the pride of all Belgians, Manneken Pis turns out to be nicked. The Belgians think up a befitting retribution. They try to steal the statue of the legendary Hansje Brinkers, the boy that preserved Holland from a flood by sticking his thumb in a dike. The original title was De zaak Manneken Pis, but this went a little too far for the censorship board. (Nederlands Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Julien Schoenaerts
Belgium
Best movies:
Taxandria (1994)
Daens (1992)
The Lion of Flanders (1985)
Kees Brusse
Netherlands
Bernard Droog
German Empire
Best movies:
Character (1997)
Diary of a Hooker (1971)
Ger Smit
Netherlands
Best movies:
Dexter the Dragon & Bumble the Bear (1983)
The Northerners (1992)
Diary of a Hooker (1971)
Jules Croiset
Netherlands
Best movies:
John Adams (2008) (series)
Admiral (2015)
Amsterdamned (1988)
Ramses Shaffy
France
Jules Hamel
Netherlands
Best movies:
Sea of Time (2022)
Diary of a Hooker (1971)
The Lion of Flanders (1985)
François Bernard
Belgium
Best movies:
Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short, The (1965)
Island (1989)
John Leddy
Netherlands
Best movies:
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Dennis P. (2007)
Soldier of Orange (1977)
Piet Römer
Netherlands
Best movies:
Diary of a Hooker (1971)
The Lift (1983)
Ko van Dijk jr.
Netherlands
Jan Blaaser
Netherlands
Best movies:
Cathy Tippel (1975)
Mieke Verstraete
Belgium
Herbert Joeks
Netherlands
Guus Verstraete sr.
Netherlands
Ellen de Thouars
Netherlands
Best movies:
Spetters (1980)
Lex Goudsmit
Belgium
Best movies:
Left Luggage (1998)
Albert Mol
Netherlands
Best movies:
Diary of a Hooker (1971)