Character
Character is a 1997 Dutch-Belgian film, based on the best-selling novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk and directed by Mike van Diem. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards. The film stars Fedja van Huêt, Jan Decleir, and Betty Schuurman.
Plot
In the Netherlands of the 1920s, Dreverhaven (Decleir), a dreaded bailiff, is found dead, with a knife sticking out of his stomach. The obvious suspect is Jacob Willem Katadreuffe (Van Huêt), an ambitious young lawyer who worked his way up from poverty, always managing to overcome Dreverhaven's personal attacks against him. Katadreuffe was seen leaving Dreverhaven's office on the afternoon of the murder. He is arrested and taken to police headquarters, where he reflects back on the story of his long relationship with Dreverhaven, who, police learn, is also Katadreuffe's father.
Awards
Cast
- Aus Greidanus sr.
- Bernhard Droog
- Fedja van Huêt
- Frans Vorstman
- Fred Goessens
- Frieda Pittoors
- Hans Karsenbarg
- Hans Kesting
- Jack Hedley
- Jan Decleir
- Janusz Chabior
- Joan Nederlof
- Johan Ooms
- Jos Verbist
- Lou Landré
- Marcel Hensema
- Marisa van Eyle
- Mark Rietman
- Peter Oosthoek
- Peter Paul Muller
- Tamar van den Dop
- Victor Löw
More details
| author | Mike van Diem Ruud van Megen |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| contentLocation | Netherlands |
| director | Mike van Diem |
| editor | Jessica de Koning |
| genre | drama historical |
| keywords | arrest bar exam cigar encyclopedia force law firm police headquarter read young man |
| musicBy | Paleis van Boem |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| producer | Laurens Geels |
| recordedAt | Amsterdam |