Mariken van Nieumeghen is a 1974 Dutch

Cinema of the Netherlands

Because the Dutch film industry is relatively small, and there is little or no international market for Dutch films, almost all films rely on state funding. This funding can be achieved through several sources, for instance through the Dutch Film Fund or the Dutch public broadcast networks...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Jos Stelling

Jos Stelling

Jos Stelling is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. He has directed 12 films, and is working on his new film The Girl and Death, in which Dutch actress Sylvia Hoeks will play the lead role....

. It is based on the early Dutch book "Die waerachtige ende seer wonderlycke historie van Mariken van Nieumeghen die meer dan seven jaren met den duvel woonde ende verkeerde" (The true and wonderous story of Mariken van Nieumeghen who lived with the devil for more than seven years) , dating 1518. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival

1975 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Jeanne Moreau, President, actress*André Delvaux, director*Anthony Burgess, writer*Fernando Rey, actor*George Roy Hill, director*Gérard Ducaux-Rupp, producer*Léa Massari, actress*Pierre Mazars, journalist*Pierre Salinger, writer...

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Cast

• Ronnie Montagne - Mariken
• Eric Bais - Gast in herberg
• Sander Bais - Moenen
• Kees Bakker - Bedelaar
• Jacqueline Bayer - Meisje
• Harm Begeman - Wagenspeler
• Kitty Courbois - (voice)
• Riek Deege - Wasvrouw
• Henk Douze - Wagenspeler
• Jan Harms - Aanrander
• Dirk Hattum - Wagenspeler
• Wil Hildebrand - Dede
• Frans Hulshof - Waard
• Carel Jansen - Wagenspeler
• Menno Jetten - Aanrander
• Leo Koenen - Kleermaker
• Johanna Leeuwenstein - Wasvrouw