Oom Henk

May 7, 2012

1h 32m

★ 5.1

I scratch your back, you scratch mine

Overview

Handsome, clever final year law student Koen avoids being beaten up by street thugs by claiming he's a maternal cousin of crime baron Henk de Koning. The next day, 'uncle' Henk praises Koen's wit and commandeers his 'cousin's' help to retrieve the treasure presumably hidden by disloyal accomplice Sjon de Nooyer, who was released from jail to a retirement home, by volunteering as an orderly, posing as Sjon's distant relative. Dirty police detective Uitenhaage is after the same fortune, and leans independently on innocent Koen to spy on Sjon.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Stetz Film

BIND

VPRO

Oom Henk Trailers

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Cast

Sophie

Sallie Harmsen

Henk de Koning

Hans Kesting

Sjon de Nooyer

Bert Luppes

Koen

Tobias Nierop

Grace

Romana Vrede

Rechercheur Uitenhaage

Hajo Bruins

Rein-Jan Bennink

Theo Pont

Straatjongen

Werner Kolf

Bodyguard

Peter Aerts

Zorgmanager

Raymonde de Kuyper

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