Blind Date (1996 film)

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Blind Date
Directed by Theo van Gogh
Written by Tom Erisman
Renée Fokker
Theo van Gogh
Kim van Kooten
Peer Mascini
Produced byTheo van Gogh
Erik Peters
StarringRenée Fokker
Peer Mascini
Roeland Fernhout
Wouter Brave
Jan Jaspers
Boris Bergshoeff
Lizet Hupkes
CinematographyTom Erisman
Edited by Ot Louw
Music by Reinier Henzel
Release date
29 August 1996
Running time
90 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Language Dutch
Budget ƒ 300,000

Blind Date is a 1996 Dutch film by director Theo van Gogh.

In 1996, the film was nominated for four Golden Calves at the Netherlands Film Festival and won three.

In 2007, Stanley Tucci released a remake of the film.


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