Het teken van het beest

1980
1h 38m

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In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she abandons her children to move in with him, ... Read allIn 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she abandons her children to move in with him, the police are sent to arrest her. This leads to a dramatic confrontation.In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she abandons her children to move in with him, the police are sent to arrest her. This leads to a dramatic confrontation.

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6anne-ties-jos-blom

A drama in the provinces

Dutch film has - to a high degree - been a matter of the urban - western - part of the Netherlands. 'Het teken van het beest' (literally 'The sign of the beast') instead has its focus on a drama in the northern provinces. It is the sort of drama unknown to the world, forgotten in the collective memory but for those that live in its region. As in most Dutch films the budget is minuscule, the actors are mostly stage-trained and there is a certain 'roughness' in the proceedings. However the leading actors are convincing enough, the settings look historically right and the region itself was quite proud to be taken into account for once. Verdict: pretty average but well made