De Brief voor Sinterklaas

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De Brief voor Sinterklaas
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Film poster
Directed byLucio Messercola
Written byTrui van de Brug
Martijn van Nellestijn
Lucio Messercola
Produced byMartijn van Nellestijn
Mark van Roon
Marcella Westen
CinematographyGoof de Koning
Production
company
Messercola Drama
Distributed byParadiso Entertainment
Release date
  • 9 October 2019 (2019-10-09)(Netherlands)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryNetherlands
Language Dutch

De Brief voor Sinterklaas (Dutch for: The Letter for Sinterklaas) is a 2019 Dutch film directed by Lucio Messercola. [1]

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Plot

Sinterklaas is in need of more Black Petes (Zwarte Pieten) to assist him with the annual feast of Sinterklaas. He decides to hold auditions to recruit more Black Petes during a "Black Pete day" ("Pietendag"). Sem sends a letter to Sinterklaas hoping to become a Black Pete but Mammie and Huibert Jan are plotting to sabotage the day.

Cast

Production

Filming concluded on 7 March 2019. [2] One of the filming locations for the film was the Dutch town of Purmerend. [2]

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References

  1. "Bram van der Vlugt nog eenmalig als Sinterklaas te zien in speelfilm" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 8 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Lieke van Lexmond en Aad van Toor in Sinterklaasfilm" (in Dutch). Telegraaf. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.