De Zeemeerman

De Zeemeerman
De Zeemeerman
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Herrebout
Written by	Frank Herrebout ; Rob Houwer
Produced by	Rob Houwer
Cinematography	Philip Hering
Music by	Ed Starink
Production; company	Verenigde Nederlandsche Filmcompagnie
Distributed by	United International Pictures
Release date	10 October 1996;
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Language	Dutch
Budget	ƒ5.5 million

Last updated July 04, 2025

De Zeemeerman is a 1996 Dutch comedy film directed by Frank Herrebout. The movie revolves around a young man who has a hard time getting girls because he permanently smells of fish. The cure, offered by a mad professor, turns him into a male mermaid, or mer-man ('zeemeerman' in Dutch).

The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb.^[1]^[2] According to 134,000 users of website moviemeter.nl,^[3]De Zeemeerman is the worst Dutch movie of all time, scoring #3 in the list of worst movies overall (with National Lampoon's Pledge This! in the number one spot). Ed Starink composed the main theme.^[4]

Plot

Cast

Daniël Boissevain as Tony Pellicano
Gonny Gaakeer as Julie / Natasja
Angelique de Bruijne as Suzy
Frans van Deursen as Gregor
Huub Stapel as Timo Babel
Manuëla Kemp as Christa
Peter Faber as Simon
Serge-Henri Valcke as Pedro
Jerome Reehuis as Professor Swezick
Joke Bruijs as Mevrouw Romijn
Katja Schuurman as Bea
Gert-Jan Dröge as Maitre d'Hotel
Marjolein Sligte as Wilma
Romijn Conen as Wim Evers

Release

The film was released on DVD by Indies Home Entertainment on 8 November 2005.^[5]

References

1 2 van Gelder, Henk (1997). "De Zeemeerman". Filmjaarboek 1996. By Hans Beerekamp. International Theatre & Film books. p. 198. ISBN 9789064034893.
↑ Duursma, Mark (10 October 1996). "Zeemeerman stinkt even erg als de film". Trouw . Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
↑ "Flop 100 - MovieMeter.nl".
↑ "Biography of Ed Starink". StarinkWorld. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
↑ van Ballegoie, Eric (4 October 2005). "Indies: DVD releases in november". AllesOverFilm. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

External links

De Zeemeerman at IMDb

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[filmjaarboek-1] 1 2 van Gelder, Henk (1997). "De Zeemeerman". Filmjaarboek 1996. By Hans Beerekamp. International Theatre & Film books. p. 198. ISBN 9789064034893.

[2] Duursma, Mark (10 October 1996). "Zeemeerman stinkt even erg als de film". Trouw . Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

[3] "Flop 100 - MovieMeter.nl".

[4] "Biography of Ed Starink". StarinkWorld. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

[5] van Ballegoie, Eric (4 October 2005). "Indies: DVD releases in november". AllesOverFilm. Retrieved 31 May 2025.

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