The Preacher is a 2004 Dutch

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...

 thriller film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 about a drug lord

Drug lord

A drug lord, drug baron or kingpin is the term used to describe a person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drugs trade. Such figures are often difficult to bring to justice, as they might never be directly in possession of something illegal, but are insulated from...

 named Klaas Donkers. The film is based on Bart Middelburg's biography of real-life drug lord Klaas Bruinsma

Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord)

Klaas Bruinsma was a major Dutch drug lord, shot to death by mafia member and former police officer Martin Hoogland...

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The film received a great deal of attention because it came out shortly after the Mabel Wisse Smit affair, which was caused by Dutch princess Mabel confessing to having lied to the Dutch royal family

Royal family

A royal family is the extended family of a king or queen regnant. The term imperial family appropriately describes the extended family of an emperor or empress, while the terms "ducal family", "grand ducal family" or "princely family" are more appropriate to describe the relatives of a reigning...

 about her past relationship with Bruinsma.

Cast

• Peter Paul Muller - Klaas Donkers
• Frank Lammers
  Frank Lammers
  Frank Lammers is a Dutch television and film actor.-Television series:*The Enclave Winner of the National News Quiz 2009 in Holland.-Feature films:*Shouf Shouf Habibi!...
  
   - Adri Slotemaker
• Chantal Janzen
  Chantal Janzen
  Chantal Janzen is a Dutch actress and musical star. She starred in The Preacher, Full Moon Party and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and presented Idols....
  
   - Annet
• Mike Reus - Pim
• Tygo Gernandt
  Tygo Gernandt
  Tygo Gernandt is a Dutch television, film and voice actor. He has played in several Dutch movies, among them Van God Los, Eilandgasten, Schnitzelparadijs and De Dominee...
  
   - Piet
• Roeland Fernhout - Ronald-Jan
• Cas Jansen
  Cas Jansen
  Cas Jansen is a Dutch actor born on 24 June 1977 in Badhoevedorp, the Netherlands. He voiced Emo in the Open Movie Elephants Dream.-External links:...
  
   - Pieter Slotemaker
• Rick Nicolet - Rie Slotemaker
• Huub Stapel
  Huub Stapel
  Hubertus Wijnandus Jozef Marie Stapel is a Dutch actor. He is especially known from the films De Lift , Flodder and Amsterdamned by Dick Maas. He also appeared in the Golden Earring video When the Lady Smiles.- External links :* at the New York Times Movies & TV...
  
   - Anton Donkers
• Alwien Tulner - Sylvia
• Pleuni Touw - Jet Donkers
• Marcel Musters - Broer Hansen
• Christian Kmiotek - Jutka Djindjiz
• Jeroen Spitzenberger - Jan de Geus
• Keith Davis - Hugo Duvall

Awards

• Golden Film
  Golden Film
  The Golden Film is a film award recognizing domestic box office achievements in the Netherlands. The Golden Film is awarded to films from the Netherlands once they have sold . The award is an initiative by the Netherlands Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Fund to increase media attention for...
  
   (100,000 tickets sold) - WON
• 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...
  
   for Best Screenplay - NOMINATED
• 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...
  
   for Best Cinematography - NOMINATED
• 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...
  
   for Best Actor (Frank Lammers
  Frank Lammers
  Frank Lammers is a Dutch television and film actor.-Television series:*The Enclave Winner of the National News Quiz 2009 in Holland.-Feature films:*Shouf Shouf Habibi!...
  
  ) - NOMINATED
• 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...
  
  for Best Production Design - WON