Godforsaken

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Godforsaken
Film poster Van God Los.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Pieter Kuijpers
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Bert Pot
Edited by Job ter Burg
Music by Paleis van Boem
Production
companies
  • IDTV Film
  • Rinkel Film Productions
Distributed by
  • RCV Film Distribution (Netherlands)
  • TLA Releasing (United States)
Release date
  • 24 April 2003 (2003-04-24)(Netherlands)
Running time
83 minutes
Country Netherlands
Languages Dutch, Turkish

Godforsaken (Dutch : Van God Los) is a 2003 Dutch drama film directed by Pieter Kuijpers from a screenplay he co-wrote with Paul Jan Nelissen. It stars Tygo Gernandt, Angela Schijf, and Egbert Jan Weeber. [1]

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The film received a Golden Film (100,000 visitors), [2] and won three Golden Calves. [3]

Cast

Background

The movie is based on the real life of the “Gang from Venlo”, that left a trail of death and destruction in the North-Middle Limburg area from 1993 till 1994. The most notorious incident is known as the “Carnival Murders”. During the 'farmer's wedding', an event at the carnival of 1994, [2] the old couple Sjeng and Ferda van Rijn were murdered in a robbery.

In the movie names were changed out of respect for the people involved. There are also differences in the run-up to the incidents in the film. The incidents themselves however occurred in real life.

Many of the members of the Gang from Venlo are still unknown. It is also unclear who committed which crime. In 1997 18 men were convicted and received varied sentences from 10 years to life in prison. Seven murders, committed in cold blood, could be proven in court. The exact number of murders committed by the Gang from Venlo is uncertain. It is certain that three bodies that were found belonged to victims of the Gang from Venlo. The other four bodies were never found, and thus there are still doubts as to whether these four other murders actually happened.

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References

  1. ↑ Tamsma, Gerwin (May 8, 2004). "Van God Los". Filmjaarboek 2003. By Hans Beerekamp. International Theatre & Film books. pp. 197–198. ISBN   9789064036484.
  2. 1 2 "Gouden Film voor Van God los". VPRO Gids. May 13, 2003. Archived from the original on May 27, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Phileine en Van God Los grote winnaars Gouden Kalf". De Tijd . October 6, 2003. Retrieved November 8, 2024.


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