| De Noorderlingen | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Alex van Warmerdam |
| Written by | Alex van Warmerdam |
| Produced by | Laurens Geels Dick Maas |
| Starring | Jack Wouterse Annet Malherbe Rudolf Lucieer |
| Edited by | René Wiegmans |
| Music by | Vincent van Warmerdam |
Production company | First Floor Features |
| Distributed by | United International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
The Northerners (Dutch: De Noorderlingen) is a 1992 Dutch film written and directed by Alex van Warmerdam. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1] This black comedy takes places in the 1960s, in a surreal Dutch new town consisting of only a single street. It is a darkly amusing satire of bourgeois life and its repressions, pursuit of fantasies through a Freudian forest are all executed with visual and dramatic flair. Van Warmerdam himself has said that he considers this his best film.
It won him a (Gouden Kalf) for best director, and the movie was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award. Actor Rudolf Lucieer won a Gouden Kalf for his role as Anton, the forester. The movie is part of the official Canon of Dutch films[2] and has gained cult film status.[3]
- ^ "Foreign Oscar entries submitted". Variety. 3 December 1992. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Zestien films in Canon van de Nederlandse Film". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). December 9, 2007. Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- ^ "The DVDs of 2009". BFI. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012.