Dafydd

Jan 17, 1995

0h 40m

★ 1.0

A rent boy's story

Overview

A young gay hustler from South Wales, Dafydd is working in Amsterdam where he meets David, a music lecturer also from Wales. Two kindred spirits in a foreign land. Originally aired as episode 2, series 3, of the television program "Wales Playhouse".

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BBC Cymru Wales

Dafydd Trailers

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Cast

Dafydd

Richard Harrington

David Davies

William Thomas

Henk

Dirk Zeelenberg

Pimp

Dick van Ooster

Roy

Raymi Sambo

Jurgen

Roger Lataster

Jakob

Ffion Jon

Joost

Chris Angelouski

Sjoerd

Gus Jansen

Detective

Jeroen Van Der Noort

Police Photographer

Ben Van Eck

Police

Dorine Niezing

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