
Chasing Windmills
Drama
Overview
In 1934 Koos Bink is 16 as he grows up in Crooswijk, a poor part of Rotterdam. He dreams of escaping the misery like his hero, boxer Bep van Klaveren, aka The Dutch Windmill. As a stowaway on board of a luxury passenger ship he tries to make his way to America and follow in the footsteps of the Dutch Olympic champion. The one thing Koos did not count on is that it is not enough just to dream.
Top Cast


Frank Lammers
Frank Lammers
Kapitein Holland Amerika Lijn
Frank Lammers
Kapitein Holland Amerika Lijn


Vincent van Ommen
Vincent van Ommen
Bep van Klaveren
Vincent van Ommen
Bep van Klaveren
Mitchell Brunings
Mitchell Brunings
Bokser Frank
Mitchell Brunings
Bokser Frank
Rick Lens
Rick Lens
Maarten
Rick Lens
Maarten
Merlijn Remmig
Merlijn Remmig
Koos Bink
Merlijn Remmig
Koos Bink
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