Katie Tippel (1975)

Original title

Keetje Tippel

Directed by

Paul Verhoeven

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor young woman in 19th century Netherlands struggles to survive and improve her life. She takes on various jobs and gets involved with different men along the way.

periodmelancholicearthydramaticromanticgrittybittersweetintimate

What happens

Katie Tippel (Dutch title: Keetje Tippel) is a 1975 film by Paul Verhoeven. The film is based on the memoirs of Neel Doff (1858–1942) and was the most expensive Dutch film produced up to that time. The film was a box office success, being the number one film in the Netherlands for the year with 1.8 million admissions, and one of the top 10 most popular Dutch films of all time at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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