Business Is Business

Sep 10, 1971

1h 30m

★ 5.7

Overview

The story of two prostitutes working in the Amsterdam Red Light district, and the many strange and unusual men they meet through their work.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Rob Houwer Film Holland

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Cast

Blonde Greet

Ronnie Bierman

Nel Muller

Sylvia de Leur

Piet

Piet Römer

Sjaak

Jules Hamel

Bob de Vries

Bernard Droog

Client

Eric van Ingen

Client

Wim Kouwenhoven

Client

Ton Lensink

Client

Henk Molenberg

Client

Allard van der Scheer

Client

Jan Verhoeven

Client

Helmert Woudenberg

Three young boys pool their money and pay V, a kindhearted prostitute, to strip for them. Afterward, she drives them home to the suburbs -- but then her car breaks down. It's just as well, though, because a mobster named Waltzer is after her, and V realizes the suburbs are the perfect place to hide. But things get a lot more complicated when V falls in love with Tom, a single father who is unaware of her real profession.

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