Released:
1975-12-12

Overview:
In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter. He moves in with Charlote, a naive, caring relative in the country, where he starts frolicking, no longer caring for image, career or possessions, but concentrates on enjoying life -such as a draftee relative's Brueghelian wedding- and finds love with Marieke. A dark story-line however is when projected work on the river in the name of economical progress threatens the rural landscape they have fallen in love with...

Director:
Roland Verhavert

Runtime:
1h 29min

Genre:
Romance, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Eddie Brugman
  as
  Pallieter
• 
  Jacqueline Rommerts
  as
  Marieke
• 
  Sylvia de Leur
  as
  Charlotte
• 
  Joris Diels
  as
  Pastoor
• 
  Idwig Stephane
  as
  Fransoo