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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 44-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Josée Bernaus
Theo Op de Beeck
Jef Demedts
Werner Kopers
Julien Schoenaerts
Frans Vandenbrande
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Harry Kümel
- Writers
- Franz Kafka, Harry Kümel
- Languages
- Dutch
- Countries
- Belgium
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Harry Kümel directs. Mon Theunis cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Belgium. Dialogue in Dutch.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 44-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 261 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Editor Mon Theunis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Josée Bernaus and Theo Op de Beeck and Jef Demedts carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0122514 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Mon Theunis
- Production design
- Bert de Leeuw
- Runtime
- 44 min · 0h 44m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- NL
Also by
Harry Kümel
Production companies
Who made it
Belgische Radio en Televisie
BE
Key crew
- Short StoryFranz Kafka
- CinematographyHerman Wuyts
- MusicFrédéric Devreese
- EditorMon Theunis
- EditorRené Nicolai
- Production DesignBert de Leeuw
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1965-01-01
