
Let's Have a Party
Romance
Overview
Short film about the blossoming affection of an upper-class schoolboy for a girl from a different class. The film, shot by Verhoeven at the same school he attended in The Hague, is loosely based on the description of the unrequited love of Anton Wachter in Simon Vestdijk's novel Back to Ina Damman, one of the parts in the Anton Wachter cycle.
Top Cast
Yvonne Blei-Weissmann
Yvonne Blei-Weissmann
Yvonne Blei-Weissmann
Diek de Brauw
Diek de Brauw
Diek de Brauw
Pieter Jelle Bouman
Pieter Jelle Bouman
Pieter Jelle Bouman
Wim Noordhoek
Wim Noordhoek
Wim Noordhoek
Marian Bruning
Marian Bruning
Marian Bruning
Marchie Lamping
Marchie Lamping
Marchie Lamping
Jaap van der Drift
Jaap van der Drift
Jaap van der Drift
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