Dutch Girls
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Dutch Girls is a 1985 film, released by the London Weekend Television
Company, produced by Sue Birtwistle
, directed by Giles Foster
, and written by William Boyd
. The film is about a group of young men who go to Holland
to play hockey
. Along the way they drink, smoke, and try to have sex. It features many young actors: Colin Firth
, Timothy Spall
, Adrian Lukis
, James Wilby
.
London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television was the name of the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties including south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire, Warwickshire, east Dorset and...
Company, produced by Sue Birtwistle
Sue Birtwistle
Sue Birtwistle, Lady Eyre is a producer and writer of television drama. She was born in Northwich, Cheshire, England, and studied drama and English at Coventry College of Education...
, directed by Giles Foster
Giles Foster
Giles Foster has been a British television director since 1975. He specialises in television dramas. He has also directed in Australia and more recently in Germany. He wrote some television dramas in the 1970s....
, and written by William Boyd
William Boyd (writer)
William Boyd, CBE is a Scottish novelist and screenwriter.-Biography:Of Scottish descent, Boyd spent his early life in Ghana and Nigeria, in Africa...
. The film is about a group of young men who go to Holland
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
to play hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
. Along the way they drink, smoke, and try to have sex. It features many young actors: Colin Firth
Colin Firth
SirColin Andrew Firth, CBE is a British film, television, and theatre actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
, Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall
Timothy Leonard Spall, OBE is an English character actor and occasional presenter.-Early life:Spall, the third of four sons, was born in Battersea, London. His mother, Sylvia R. , was a hairdresser, and his father, Joseph L. Spall, was a postal worker...
, Adrian Lukis
Adrian Lukis
Adrian Lukis, born in 1958 in Birmingham, is an actor who has appeared regularly in British television drama since the late 1980s. He trained at Drama Studio London...
, James Wilby
James Wilby
James Jonathon Wilby is an English film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father...
.
Cast
- Colin FirthColin FirthSirColin Andrew Firth, CBE is a British film, television, and theatre actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
(Neil Truelove) - Timothy SpallTimothy SpallTimothy Leonard Spall, OBE is an English character actor and occasional presenter.-Early life:Spall, the third of four sons, was born in Battersea, London. His mother, Sylvia R. , was a hairdresser, and his father, Joseph L. Spall, was a postal worker...
(Lyndon Baines Jellicoe) - Bill Paterson (Mr Mole)
- James WilbyJames WilbyJames Jonathon Wilby is an English film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father...
(Dundine) - Adrian LukisAdrian LukisAdrian Lukis, born in 1958 in Birmingham, is an actor who has appeared regularly in British television drama since the late 1980s. He trained at Drama Studio London...
(Murray) - Gusta Gerritsen (Romelia)
- Sylvia MillecamSylvia MillecamSylvia Millecam was a Dutch actress and comedian. She was featured regularly on Dutch television, hosting several shows, appearing in nationwide distributed movies and releasing two albums.She died of breast cancer in 2001...
(Greetje) - Anne Wil Blankers (Mrs Van Der Merwe)
- Erik Plooyer (Mr Van Der Merwe)
- Richard Torn (Kees Van Der Merwe)
- Stephanie Verwijmeren (Anna Van Der Merwe)