Faëton

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Faëton (1990)

Directed by Hans Croiset, Jan Venema

Drama · 1h 46m

Registration of the 1987 perfomance by the Dutch theatregroup De Appel of the tragedy 'Faëton Of Reuckeloze Stoutheit' by the poet and playwright Joost van den Vondel from 1663. The story is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses and begins begins with the Sun God Phoebus who fathered four children with Clymene. When the children grow up, they go with their mother in search of father, but they wonder whether he really exists. When Phoebus hears this, he promises to fulfill every wish of his children. His son Faëton takes advantage of this and wants to spend a day in the solar chariot through the universe. That causes a lot of problems on earth, since Faëton's recklessness almost causes extinction.

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Cast

C
Christine Ewert Klymene
A
Alexander van Heteren Faëton
J
Joke Last Faetuze Oda Spelbos Lampete
L
Lilian Bakker Febe Sacha Bulthuis Rei van Uren
W
Wim Bouwens Hemelraad Aus Greidanus Jupiter Trudy Labij Faam
C
Carol Linssen Febus Will van Kralingen Juno
R
René Vernout Hemelraad

Crew

Director
Hans Croiset, Jan Venema
Writer
Joost van den Vondel
Editor
Jacqueline Reimerink
Producer
Dieke van Waveren

Details

Release date
1990-09-15
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama
Original language
NL
Spoken languages
Dutch
Production
Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS)