Keetje Tippel (1975)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Writers:

Neel Doff (novel)
Gerard Soeteman (writer)

Release Date:

6 March 1975 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive...

Plot Keywords:

Prostitution | Money | 1800s | Rape Scene | Topless

Cast

Monique van de Ven	...	Keetje Tippel
Rutger Hauer	...	Hugo
Andrea Domburg	...	Keetje's moeder
Hannah de Leeuwe	...	Mina, Keetje's zus
Jan Blaaser	...	Keetje's vader
Eddie Brugman	...	Andre
Peter Faber	...	George
Mart Gevers
Riet Henius
Walter Kous	...	Pierre
Tonny Popper
Jan Retèl
Fons Rademakers	...	Klant
Riek Schagen
Carry Tefsen	...	Vrouw in wasfabriek
Jennifer Willems	...	Antoinette
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ben Aerden
Jenny Arean	...	Zingende wasvrouw
Leo Beyers	...	Man in toilet
Theu Boermans	...	Dokter
Cocki Boonstra
Suze Broks
Huib Broos	...	Directeur wasfabriek
Bep Dekker
Truus Dekker
Jan Anne Drenth
Niek Engelschman
Nelly Frijda	...	Harenwaster
Helen Hedy
Jaap Hoogstra
Nel Kars
Mies Kohsiek
Ton Kuyl
Marja Lieuwen
Anita Menist
Hero Muller
Herman Ouwersloot
Gonny Sanders
Franklin van den Hurk
Dora van der Groen	...	Moeder Andre

Directed by
Paul Verhoeven

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Neel Doff		novel
Gerard Soeteman		writer

Produced by
Rob Houwer	....	producer

Original Music by
Rogier van Otterloo

Cinematography by
Jan de Bont

Film Editing by
Jane Sperr

Casting by
Hans Kemna

Production Design by
Benedict Schillemans		(co-production designer)

Art Direction by
Benedict Schillemans

Set Decoration by
Roland De Groot
Benedict Schillemans		(as Dik Schillemans)

Costume Design by
Robert Bos

Makeup Department
Sylvia Baader	....	makeup artist
Jef Simons	....	makeup artist

Production Management
André Bannenberg	....	production manager
Mia van 't Hof	....	production manager
Jelte Velzen	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eefje Cornelis	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ine Berleth	....	assistant production designer
Bart Dräger	....	set dresser
Strengholt Laurens	....	props
Hugo Van Baren	....	carpenter
Ank van de Rooy	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Erik Langhout	....	sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rob Boehle	....	assistant costume designer
Jetty Dillmann	....	assistant costume designer

Production Companies

• Rob Houwer Productions

Distributors

• Tuschinski Film Distribution (1975) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Cinema National (1976) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Arcade Movie Company (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Connossieur Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• EuroVideo (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Missing in Action (MIA) (1994) (UK) (VHS) (dubbed)

Also Known As:

A Girl Called Katy Tippel (UK) (video title)
Cathy Tippel (USA) (promotional title)
Hot Sweat
Katie Tippel (USA) (video title)
Katie's Passion (UK) (video box title)
Keetje Tippel (USA)

Runtime:

100 min | UK:107 min | Argentina:109 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) | Netherlands:12 (re-rating) | Netherlands:16 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | UK:18 | Argentina:18

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Rob Houwer Productions

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV)

The classic Verhoeven touch in a relatively early film.

From this movie, it is easy to see how the director made it out of Holland and landed in mainstream Hollywood. He takes a very serious subject, extreme poverty and how it leads to social uprising, and adds his personal light touches that almost make you forget the political subtext. The "finger shadow" scene before the rape was a touch of cinematic genius that I almost missed the first time around.

The ultimate lesson seems to me to be, of course, that we are all whores, it just depends on how much we can afford to spend on clothes.

One question, if she was so poor, how did she keep her roots died blonde?