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Film

Boefje

Retrospettiva: Douglas Sirk

Netherlands · 1939 · 35 mm · Black and White · 91' · o.v. Dutch

Conservation by Eye Filmmuseum, The Netherlands.

Screening

Saturday 6 | 8 | 2022, 07:00 · GranRex · Sub. English

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Two young drifters have picaresque adventures in Rotterdam harbor, dreaming of America. Boefje is protected by a priest who wants to rehabilitate him. Inspired by a Dutch childhood classic, the film was made shortly before Sirk’s final departure for the United States.

Information

Director

Detlef Sierck

Cast

Annie van Ees, Guus Brox, Albert von Dalsum

Producer

J. ter Linden, Leo Meyer

Cinematography

Akos Farkas

Editing

Rita Roland

Music

Cor Steyn

Screenplay

Carl Zuckmayer, Jaap Van der Poll, Kurt Alexander

Based on

the eponym novel by M. J. Brusse

Production

NV City Film

Print

EYE Filmmuseum
www.eyefilm.nl/

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