The Girl with the Red Hair (film)

The Girl with the Red Hair
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ben Verbong
Written by	Ben Verbong Pieter de Vos Theun de Vries
Produced by	Haig Balian Chris Brouwer
Starring	Renée Soutendijk Loes Luca
Cinematography	Theo van de Sande
Edited by	Ton de Graaff
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Distributed by	Meteor Film (Netherlands) United Artists Classics (United States)
Release date	17 September 1981 (1981-09-17)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Language	Dutch

The Girl with the Red Hair (Dutch : Het meisje met het rode haar) is a 1981 Dutch drama film directed by Ben Verbong. It is based on the biography of resistance fighter Hannie Schaft. ^{[1] [2]} It was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. ^[3]

Cast

Johan Leysen and Renée Soutendijk on set

• Renée Soutendijk as Hannie Schaft
• Peter Tuinman as Hugo
• Loes Luca as An
• Johan Leysen as Frans
• Robert Delhez as Floor
• Ada Bouwman as Tinka
• Lineke Rijxman as Judith
• Maria de Booy as Moeder
• Henk Rigters as Vader
• Adrian Brine as SD-er
• Chris Lomme as Mevrouw de Ruyter
• Lou Landré as Otto Schaaf
• Jan Retèl as Professor
• Elsje Scherjon as Carlien

Reception

The film "has been criticized for taking many liberties with the facts surrounding this historical resistance fighter". ^[4] However, Soutendijk's performance was generally praised. ^[5]

References

1. Walker, Michael (13 March 2020). Endings in the Cinema: Thresholds, Water and the Beach. Springer Nature. ISBN   978-3-030-31657-0.
2. Indonesian Film Festival 1988. Indonesian Film Festival Committee. 1988.
3. "Berlinale: 1982 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
4. Verstraten, Peter (30 March 2021). Dutch Post-war Fiction Film through a Lens of Psychoanalysis. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN   978-90-485-5172-9.
5. Screen International Film and TV Year Book. Screen International, King Publications Limited. 1990. ISBN   978-0-900925-21-4.

External links

• The Girl with the Red Hair at IMDb
• The Girl with the Red Hair at Box Office Mojo