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The Bitter Herb (1985)
Directed by Kees Van Oostrum
History, Drama, War · 1h 29m
This film is about the Jewish girl Sara and the ruin of her family during World War II. Her parents have to live in the Jewish ghetto in Amsterdam, but later they are arrested and deported. Sara decides to flee with her brother and his girlfriend to Palestine. Based on the book by Marga Minco.
Cast
E
Ester Spitz
Sarah Meijer
Gerard Thoolen
Vader Meijer
Kitty Courbois
Moeder Meijer
Frank Rigter
David Meijer
M
Marion Van Wijk
Lottie
Mirjam de Rooij
Greet
Marcel Roijaards
Jan
J
Jules Royaards
Vader de Vos
R
Rene Frank
Man buiten synagoge
A
Alfons Haider
Duitser in tram
Ulrich von Dobschütz
Duitse officier
Tom Jansen
Man in leren jas
Crew
- Director
- Kees Van Oostrum
- Writer
- Maurice Noel
- Novel
- Marga Minco
- Producer
- Rob Houwer
Details
- Original title
- Het bittere kruid
- Release date
- 1985-04-25
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- History, Drama, War
- Original language
- NL
- Spoken languages
- Dutch
- Countries
- Netherlands