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Directed by | Jim Taihuttu |
Written by | Jim Taihuttu |
Produced by | Julius Ponten Marina Blok |
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Cinematography | Lennart Verstegen |
Edited by | Wouter van Luijn |
Music by | Michaël Sauvage |
Distributed by | Habbekrats / Just Film Distribution |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Languages | Arabic Dutch English French Turkish |
Wolf is a Dutch action drama-martial arts film, and the second film made by Jim Taihattu and Julius Ponten, from Habbekrats, an Independent production company in the Netherlands. [1]
Filmed in Utrecht, Netherlands, while partially filmed in Turkey, the film is spoken primarily in Dutch, with parts spoken in Arabic, English, French and Turkish. Subtitles are shown and are available in both French and English. [2]
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