The Heineken Kidnapping
2011 · Movie · Not Rated · 120 min · ★ 6.1 · 42% critics
In 1983, a powerful beer executive and his driver are taken hostage on a freezing day in the Netherlands. The abduction sparks a tense, high-profile investigation and becomes one of the country’s most notorious criminal cases.
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Details
- Original title
- De Heineken Ontvoering
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-10-27
- Language
- Dutch
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 42/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (71 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, real-world crime story focused on a notorious case and its fallout; Not for you if you dislike kidnapping themes or bleak suspense like Intruders.
Pros: tense true-crime setup; high-stakes manhunt | Cons: limited character depth; grim subject matter
Themes
- kidnapping
- beer
Awards & recognition
- Golden Calf — Best Production Design · 2012
- Golden Calf — Best Montage · 2012
- Golden Calf — Best Actor · 2012
- Golden Film · 2011
Cast & crew
Rutger Hauer
as Alfred Heineken
Reinout Scholten van Aschat
as Rem Hubrechts
Gijs Naber
as Cor van Hout
Teun Kuilboer
as Frans Meijer
Korneel Evers
as Jan Boellaard
Menno van Beekum
as Ab Doderer
Marcel Hensema
as Kees Sietsma
Laurie Reijs
as Sonja
Sallie Harmsen
as Lisa
Marjolein Keuning
as Els
Directed by Maarten Treurniet