Count Your Blessings (1987 film)

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Count Your Blessings
Directed by Pieter Verhoeff
Written byPieter Verhoeff
Produced by Rob Houwer
Starring Mirjam Sternheim
Release date
  • 19 November 1987 (1987-11-19)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

Count Your Blessings (Dutch : Van geluk gesproken) is a 1987 Dutch comedy film directed by Pieter Verhoeff. [1] The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 60th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. [2]

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References

  1. "Count Your Blessings". Melbourne International Film Festival. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences