Flying Dutchman, TheBelgium / Germany / The Netherlands
1995, 135min.
 Script : Hans Heesen, Jos Stelling, Dir. : Jos Stelling, Dir. of Phot. : Goert Giltaij, Compos.: Nicola Piovani, Prod. Design.: Gert Brinkers.
Cast: Rene Groothof, Veerle Dobbelaere, Nino Manfredi, Rene van ‘t Hof, Gene Bervoets, Gerard Thoolen, Willy Vandersteen, Ingrid de Vos.
An ode to fantasy, this film is a unique and fairy-tale like story about a serf wandering in search of his father, the Flying Dutchman. The events take place during the Eighty Years’ War in Flanders and Holland.
Awards
Silver Frog, Camerimage, Poland, 1996. | Stelling, Jos Jos Stelling (born 1945, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
He studied Fine Arts and Graphics. Jos Stelling’s first feature Mariken van Nieumeghen was selected for the Cannes Film Festival in 1975. He has also been awarded many international and national prizes: four Golden Calves in The Netherlands, a Golden Rose in Montreux, two Golden Gryphons and the prize of the city of St. Petersburg. In 1999 Stelling received a lifetime achievement award in Waterville, Maine (USA), and in 2001 an award of the Association of Czech film clubs for major achievement in world cinema. The Gas Station was awarded the Grand Prix of the Mediawave Festival in Gyor, Hungary in May 2001. Jos Stelling is the owner of an art house cinema. For his cultural achievements, Jos Stelling has received the royal decoration of Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion.
Filmography
Mariken van Nieumeghen (1974), Elcerlyc (1975), Rembrandt - 1669 (1977), The Pretenders (1981), The Illusionist (1984), The Poinsman (1986), The Flying Dutchman (1995), The Waiting Room (1995), No trains No planes (1999), Gas Station (2000), The Gallery (2003).
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