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The Northerners

The Northerners

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The Northerners

1992

1h 43m

6.9(63 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A black comedy set in the 1960s in a small Netherlands community, populated by a cast of eccentrics, all of whom hold a range of sexual obsessions and frustrated desires.

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10 featured cast members

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Jack Wouterse

Jack Wouterse

Jacob

Annet Malherbe

Annet Malherbe

Martha

Rudolf Lucieer

Rudolf Lucieer

Anton

Leonard Lucieer

Thomas

Loes Wouterson

Loes Wouterson

Elisabeth

Alex van Warmerdam

Alex van Warmerdam

Plagge

Veerle Dobbelaere

Veerle Dobbelaere

Agnes

Dary Some

Black man

Theo van Gogh

Theo van Gogh

Fat Willy

Jacques Commandeur

Jacques Commandeur

Teacher

Creative team

Directed by: Alex van Warmerdam
Written by: Alex van Warmerdam
Aat Ceelen
Produced by: Laurens Geels
Dick Maas

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