The Northerners

Apr 17, 1992

1h 48m

★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Pierson, Heldring & Pierson N.V.

First Floor Features

Pierson

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Cast

Jacob

Jack Wouterse

Martha

Annet Malherbe

Anton

Rudolf Lucieer

Thomas

Leonard Lucieer

Elisabeth

Loes Wouterson

Plagge

Alex van Warmerdam

Agnes

Veerle Dobbelaere

Black man

Dary Some

Fat Willy

Theo van Gogh

Teacher

Jacques Commandeur

Fat Willy's Mother

Loes Luca

Buurvrouw

Leny Breederveld

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