Like Two Drops of Water

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Like Two Drops of Water
Directed by Fons Rademakers
Written byFons Rademakers
Based on The Darkroom of Damocles
by Willem Frederik Hermans
Produced by Alfred Heineken
Fons Rademakers
Starring Lex Schoorel
Cinematography Raoul Coutard
Edited byOlga Servaas
Release date
  • 21 February 1963 (1963-02-21)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

Like Two Drops of Water (Dutch : Als twee druppels water) is a 1963 Dutch drama film directed by Fons Rademakers. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel The Darkroom of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans. [1] It was entered into the 1963 Cannes Film Festival [2] and was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. [3]

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References

  1. "Als twee druppels water". filmfestival.nl (in Dutch). Netherlands Film Festival . Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Like Two Drops of Water". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
  3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences