The Polish Bride
Encyclopedia
The Polish Bride is a 1998 Dutch
film directed by Karim Traïdia and written by Kees van der Hulst.
Netherlands Film Festival
(Golden Calf
)
, also starring Monic Hendrickx, is an adaptation of this film into an Australian context.
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...
film directed by Karim Traïdia and written by Kees van der Hulst.
Cast
- Jaap Spijkers as Henk Woldring
- Monic HendrickxMonic HendrickxMonic Hendrickx is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including three Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Beach Film Festival and the Best Actress Award at the 1999 Buenos Aires International Festival of...
as Anna Krzyzanowska - Rudi Falkenhagen as the pimp
- Roef Ragas as the son
- Hakim Traidia as the mailman
- Soraya Traïdia as Krysztyna
Awards and nominations
Golden Globe Awards- Best Foreign Language FilmGolden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language FilmThe Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the awards presented at the Golden Globes, an American film awards ceremony.Until 1986, it was known as the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film, meaning that any non-American film could be honoured...
(lost to Central Station)
Netherlands Film Festival
Netherlands Film Festival
The Netherlands Film Festival is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht.During the ten-day festival, all Dutch film productions of the previous year are exhibited. Besides feature films, the program also consists of short subjects, documentary...
(Golden Calf
Golden Calf (award)
The Golden Calf is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in Utrecht. The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best actor, Best actress, Best film, Best Short film, Culture Prize and Honourable mention...
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- Best Actor (Spijkers – lost to Johan Leysen, Felice... Felice...)
- Best Actress (Hendrickx, won)
- Best Director (Karim Traïdia, won)
Australian adaptation
The 2007 Australian film Unfinished SkyUnfinished Sky
Unfinished Sky is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Peter Duncan. It is based on the 1998 Dutch film De Poolse bruid.- Plot :...
, also starring Monic Hendrickx, is an adaptation of this film into an Australian context.