Long Live the Queen (film)

Lang Leve de Koningin
Film poster
Directed byEsmé Lammers
Written byEsmé Lammers
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMarc Felperlaan
Edited by
  • Mark Glynne
  • Hans van Dongen
Music by
  • Paul M. van Brugge
  • Eric-Jan Vos
Production
company
First Floor Features
Distributed byConcorde Film
Release date
  • 15 November 1995 (1995-11-15)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Box office$0.3 million (Netherlands)[1]

Long Live the Queen (Dutch: Lang Leve de Koningin) is a 1995 Dutch children's film written and directed by Esmé Lammers. It tells the tale of a little girl who learns to play chess thanks to enchanted chess pieces. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2][3] It also won the Golden Calf for Best Feature Film. The film was dedicated to chess grandmaster Max Euwe, the grandfather of the director.[4]

  1. ^ "Netherlands 1995 Domestic Top 10". Screen International. 12 April 1996. p. 33.
  2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. ^ "39 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 13 November 1996. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Lang leve de koningin - VPRO Cinema - VPRO Gids".