Het jaar van de kreeft

Herbert Curiël / NL, 1975 / 91 min.

The debut fiction feature by recently deceased director Herbert Curiël brought together Dutch stars Willeke van Ammelrooy and Rutger Hauer on the big screen for the first time. This adaptation of Hugo Claus’ infamous novel of the same title deals with a passionate, but doomed, love affair.

poster Het jaar van de kreeft (Herbert Curiël, NL 1975)

According to newspaper De Telegraaf, Hugo Claus’ novel Het jaar van de kreeft (The Year of the Cancer, 1972) was ‘scandalous’: a barely disguised settling of scores by author Hugo Claus with his former lover, actress Kitty Courbois.

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Director

Herbert Curiël

Production year

1975

Country

Original title

Het jaar van de kreeft

Length

91 min.

Language

Dutch

Subtitles

NONE

Format

35mm

Part of

Eye Classics

Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. We screen them regularly, in various programmes. Eye now brings film history even closer with its new series Eye Classics: three classics a week, chosen by Eye's programmers. On the big screen, screened in 35mm whenever possible.

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