Michiel de Ruyter (Dutch pronunciation: [miˈxil də ˈrœytər]) is a 2015 Dutch film about the 17th-century admiral Michiel de Ruyter directed by Roel Reiné. The film had its world premiere in the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam on 26 January 2015[2] and has been released in cinemas in the Netherlands on 29 January 2015.[3] On the English promotional website, the film has the title Admiral.[4]
| Michiel de Ruyter | |
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 Dutch film poster | |
| Directed by | Roel Reiné |
| Screenplay by | Lars Boom Alex van Galen Michael Loumeau |
| Produced by | Klaas de Jong |
| Starring | Frank Lammers Barry Atsma Egbert-Jan Weber |
| Cinematography | Roel Reiné |
| Edited by | Radu Ion |
| Music by | Trevor Morris |
Production company | Farmhouse Film & TV |
| Distributed by | A-Film Benelux |
Release dates |
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Running time | 130 minutes[1] |
| Country | Netherlands[1] |
| Languages | Dutch English French |
| Budget | €8 million |
| Box office | €5.7 million |
Cast
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The first choice for the title role was Yorick van Wageningen, but he could not come to a financial agreement with the producers.[5] On 9 May 2014, the full cast was presented to the press.[6]
- Frank Lammers as Michiel de Ruyter[3]
- Barry Atsma as Johan de Witt[3]
- Egbert-Jan Weber as William III[3]
- Gene Bervoets as Van Ginneken[1]
- Jada Borsato as Neeltje de Ruyter[7]
- Will Bowden as Prince Rupert of the Rhine[8]
- Daniel Brocklebank[1]
- Hajo Bruins as Cornelis Tromp[7]
- Jules Croiset[6]
- Charles Dance as Charles II[3]
- Lukas Dijkema[6]
- Roeland Fernhout as Cornelis de Witt[7]
- Tygo Gernandt as Joseph van Ghent[7]
- Rutger Hauer as Maarten Tromp[9]
- Jelle de Jong[6]
- Joost Koning[6]
- Youval Kuipers[1]
- Isa Lammers[6]
- Sanne Langelaar as Anna de Ruyter[7]
- Lieke van Lexmond as Wendela de Witt[7]
- Derek de Lint as Johan Kievit[7]
- Victor Löw as De Waerd[7]
- Aurélie Meriel[1]
- Filip Peeters[1] as Abraham Duquesne[citation needed]
- Pip Pellens[6]
- Bas van Prooijen[6]
- Nils Verkooijen[6]
- Viv Weatherall[1]
Production
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The film was directed by Roel Reiné and produced by Klaas de Jong.[2] It had a budget of 8 million euro.[10] Among the film locations are Zeeland, Texel, the Wadden Sea, and the Ridderzaal.[5]
Reception
editPre-release
editPrior to its release, several protest groups had accused the film of glorifying the colonial history of the Netherlands[2] although references to colonialism in the film are almost absent. The film makes a minor reference to the Dutch East India Company, which contributed highly to the welfare of a small group of wealthy merchants in the 17th century in the Low Countries, and to the trading vessels that were protected by the navy under Michiel de Ruyter. The film's main subjects, apart from Ruyter himself, are the internal politics of the country and the oligarchy that formed the ruling class at the time,[11] including the brutal murder of Johan de Witt and the complicated relationship with England, up to the engagement of the William III of Orange with the English princess Mary.[12]
Post-release
editOn Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on six reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10.[13] In a review for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Abele writes: "With loving shots of booming, towering ships so dominant, and decades squeezed into what feels like a week of action, there's barely enough time to develop De Ruyter as a character in his own movie, or even successfully explain his war strategies."[14]
Awards
edit- Golden Film for 100,000 visitors[15]
- Platinum Film for 400,000 visitors[16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h (in Dutch) Michiel de Ruyter (2015) Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Film Totaal. Retrieved on 27 January 2015.
- ^ a b c (in Dutch) "Meer protest tegen Michiel de Ruyter", De Telegraaf, 2015. Retrieved on 25 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e (in Dutch) Tweede trailer Nederlands epos 'Michiel de Ruyter' Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, Film Totaal, 2014. Retrieved on 22 January 2015.
- ^ Admiral. Retrieved on 30 January 2015.
- ^ a b (in Dutch) "Frank Lammers speelt Michiel de Ruyter in biopic", De Telegraaf, 2014. Retrieved on 25 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i (in Dutch) "Volledige cast Michiel de Ruyter bekend", De Telegraaf, 2014. Retrieved on 27 January 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h (in Dutch) "Lieke van Lexmond 'flink ingesnoerd' voor film Michiel de Ruyter", Algemeen Dagblad, 2014. Retrieved on 27 January 2015.
- ^ Will Bowden, IMDB
- ^ (in Dutch) Jeroen Wielaert, "'Met De Ruyter trots op Nederland'", NOS, 2015. Retrieved on 27 January 2015.
- ^ (in Dutch) Alexander Bakker, "Telegraaf Michiel de Ruyter-race gaat van start!", De Telegraaf, 2015. Retrieved on 25 January 2015.
- ^ Trouw about the subject of the film (in Dutch)
- ^ RTLnieuws about the ball for the engagement (in Dutch)
- ^ "Admiral (Michiel de Ruyter) (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ Abele, Robert (10 March 2016). "'Admiral' makes Netherlands' military history a Hollywood-style spectacle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ (in Dutch) Gouden Film voor Michiel de Ruyter Archived 2015-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, Nederlands Film Festival, 2015. Retrieved on 8 February 2015.
- ^ (in Dutch) "Platina film voor Michiel de Ruyter", Het Parool, 2015. Retrieved on 8 May 2015.
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