Help! The Doctor Is Drowning | |
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Directed by | Nikolai van der Heyde |
Written by | Toon Kortooms Felix Thijssen |
Produced by | Henk Bos Jan Dorresteyn |
Starring | Jules Croiset |
Cinematography | Jörgen Persson |
Music by | Tata Mirando Rogier van Otterloo |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | Dutch |
Box office | 1,088,000 admissions (Netherlands) [1] |
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