Makkers staakt uw wild geraas (1960)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Fons Rademakers

Writers:

Jan Blokker (writer)
Fons Rademakers (writer)
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Release Date:

28 October 1960 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The story of three torn apart families on the verge of Sinterklaasavond, the Dutch equivalent of Christmas Eve.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Ellen Vogel	...	Norah Leegher-Buwalda
Guus Hermus	...	De heer Leegher
Ank van der Moer	...	Mevrouw Keizer
Jan Teulings	...	De heer Keizer
Yoka Berretty	...	Mevrouw Lomijn
Guus Oster	...	De heer Lomijn
Mieke Verstraete	...	Emma
Ina van Faassen
Manfred de Graaf
Ton van Duinhoven
Leontine Van Strein
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Simon Carmiggelt
Peter Faber
Maxim Hamel
Sacha Jansen

Directed by
Fons Rademakers

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jan Blokker		writer
Fons Rademakers		writer
Lili Rademakers		writer (as Lili Veenman)
Henny Spijker		script

Produced by
Joop Landre	....	producer

Cinematography by
Eduard van der Enden
Henk Haselaar

Film Editing by
Loet Roozekrans

Art Direction by
Friso Wiegersma

Makeup Department
Fa. Michels	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lili Rademakers	....	assistant director (as Lili Veenman)

Art Department
Jan H. Andre	....	props

Sound Department
Wim Huender	....	sound
Peter Vink	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Kees Hin	....	assistant camera
Fred Tammes	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Han Rust	....	lead editor

Production Companies

• NFM

Also Known As:

That Joyous Eve

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

NFM

That feeling of yesterday...

'That joyous eve', or as it is called in Dutch: 'Makkers staakt uw wild geraas' (which means something as; 'friends, be quiet', it refers to an old Saint Nicholas' Evening song) is a movie that gives a rather correct image of daily life in The Netherlands around the late fifties and early sixties. Humor and tragic strike three families that are all in preparation of the 'joyous eve', the celebration of Saint Nicholas' Evening, a typical Dutch holiday on December the fifth. It's not a joyous evening for everyone. As one household has to deal with divorce (a strange phenomena in those days), another deals with their rebellious 17 year old son, while the husband and father of the third family searches for a 'joyous eve' outside the house. This movie is a classic and a real Dutch treat, it's been rewarded in 1961 with a 'silver bear' on the filmfestival in Berlin, Germany.