The Girl with the Red Hair (film)

The Girl with the Red Hair
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBen Verbong
Written byBen Verbong
Pieter de Vos
Theun de Vries
Produced byHaig Balian
Chris Brouwer
StarringRenée Soutendijk
Loes Luca
CinematographyTheo van de Sande
Edited byTon de Graaff
Music byNicola Piovani
Distributed byMeteor Film (Netherlands)
United Artists Classics (United States)
Release date
  • 17 September 1981 (1981-09-17)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

The Girl with the Red Hair (Dutch: Het meisje met het rode haar) is a 1981 Dutch drama film directed by Ben Verbong. It is based on the biography of resistance fighter Hannie Schaft.[1][2] It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

Cast

  • Renée Soutendijk as Hannie Schaft
  • Peter Tuinman as Hugo
  • Loes Luca as An
  • Johan Leysen as Frans
  • Robert Delhez as Floor
  • Ada Bouwman as Tinka
  • Lineke Rijxman as Judith
  • Maria de Booy as Moeder
  • Henk Rigters as Vader
  • Adrian Brine as SD-er
  • Chris Lomme as Mevrouw de Ruyter
  • Lou Landré as Otto Schaaf
  • Jan Retèl as Professor
  • Elsje Scherjon as Carlien

Reception

The film "has been criticized for taking many liberties with the facts surrounding this historical resistance fighter".[4] However, Soutendijk's performance was generally praised.[5]

References

  1. ^ Walker, Michael (13 March 2020). Endings in the Cinema: Thresholds, Water and the Beach. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-31657-0.
  2. ^ Indonesian Film Festival 1988. Indonesian Film Festival Committee. 1988.
  3. ^ "Berlinale: 1982 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  4. ^ Verstraten, Peter (30 March 2021). Dutch Post-war Fiction Film through a Lens of Psychoanalysis. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 978-90-485-5172-9.
  5. ^ Screen International Film and TV Year Book. Screen International, King Publications Limited. 1990. ISBN 978-0-900925-21-4.