Storyline

Young lawyer Katadreuffe (Fedja van Huêt) is the chief suspect in the murder of the cold-hearted bailiff Dreverhaven (Jan Decleir). The two have long been rivals, waging personal battles through the courts, and Katadreuffe was observed leaving the scene of the crime. Giving his testimony to police, Katadreuffe effectively tells his life story, in which his ambition for success in the legal world was driven by a hatred of his biological father -- who was, secretly, Dreverhaven.

Plot Keywords

lawyer, bailiff, mother, love interest, police detective, dense, fiery, brooding, dark, rotterdam, netherlands, tenement house, law office, courtroom, police station, father/son relationship, rivalry, ambition, anger, law, morality, growing up, revenge, 1910s

Short Review

This powerful family melodrama from the Netherlands won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar

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