Dokter Pulder zaait papavers (1975)

Directed by

Bert Haanstra

Genre

drama, thriller

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A staid Dutch doctor finds his orderly life disrupted when he meets an eccentric old acquaintance. The encounter forces him to confront his own mortality and the emptiness behind his respectable facade.

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What happens

When the Poppies Bloom Again (Dutch: Dokter Pulder zaait papavers, lit. 'Doctor Pulder Sows Poppies') is a 1975 Dutch drama film directed by Bert Haanstra. It is based on the book The Nail Behind the Wallpaper by Anton Koolhaas. The film was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival, but won no prizes. It was also selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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