Will o' the Wisp

Nov 15, 1973

1h 48m

★ 7.0

Overview

A rainy evening in the harbor of Antwerp. A man named Laarmans is on his way home even though he doesn't want to. Three lost Eastern sailors are looking for a woman named Maria Van Dam and ask Laermans to show them the way. He decides to help them find this mysterious woman.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Iris Films Dacapo

Will o' the Wisp Trailers

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Cast

Laarmans

Romain Deconinck

Maria Van Dam

Eva Kant

Mevrouw Laarmans

Dora van der Groen

Ali

Maszar Hussein Sjeikh

2e Pakistani

Niaz Faruqi

3e Pakistani

Shafiq Ahmad

Uitsmijter

Tim Beekman

Politieagent

Fred Van Kuyk

Eerste politieagent

Thomas Emiel

Tweede politieagent

Senné Cois

Prostituee

Linda van Beilo

Prostituee

Yvette Ravel

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