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... aka Cathy Tippel (USA: promotional title) ... aka Girl Called Katy Tippel, A ... aka Hot Sweat ... aka Katie Tippel (USA: video title) ... aka Katie's Passion ... aka Keetje Tippel (USA) Country: The Netherlands, 1975 Runtime: 100 minutes Genre: Drama Language: Dutch Summary Paul Verhoeven directed this film, a moving period drama, before he relocated to Hollywood. A true story set in 19th century Holland, Keetje Tippel (Monique van de Ven) is a young girl born into poverty whose mother takes her to work in a brothel. As men use her, so too, Katie decides, she can use them to obtain the social status she seeks. When she becomes the mistress of a young banker (Rutger Hauer), Keetje finds a foothold in the Dutch upper-class and uses it to wed one of the banker's wealthy friends. Once again, Verhoeven has crafted a riveting film where female sexuality is a weapon to be honed and used cunningly, as in Basic Instinct, resulting in an erotic, yet disturbing, drama that takes a dim view of capitalism and male dominated societies. Source: rottentomatoes.com Cast Monique van de Ven .... Keetje Tippel Peter Faber .... George Rutger Hauer .... Hugo Jennifer Willems .... Antoinette Leo Beyers .... Man in washroom Jan Blaaser .... Keetje's father Theu Boermans .... Doctor Huib Broos .... Manager of wax factory Eddie Brugman .... Andre Andrea Domburg .... Keetje's mother Nelly Frijda .... Hair washer Walter Kous .... Pierre Hannah de Leeuwe .... Mina, Keetje's sister Fons Rademakers .... Customer Carry Tefsen .... Woman in wax factory Dora van der Groen .... Mother Andre Crew Writing credits: Neel Doff (novel) and Gerard Soeteman (screenplay) Original music by Rogier van Otterloo Cinematography by Jan de Bont Production Companies Rob Houwer Productions Information courtesy of The Internet Movie Database. |
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