Katie Tippel
1975 · Movie · R · 102 min · ★ 6.3 · 62% critics
In late 19th-century Holland, a poor rural family moves in search of a better life, only to face hunger, harsh work, and a society that offers few protections. A teenage daughter is pushed toward survival choices shaped by poverty, exploitation, and the rigid power of men around her.
Also known as Katie's Passion
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Details
- Original title
- Keetje Tippel
- Years
- 1975
- Release date
- 1975-03-06
- Language
- Dutch
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (58 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a dark, confrontational Dutch period drama with the raw edge of Turkish Delight or Spetters; Not for you if sexual exploitation or bleak poverty feels too heavy.
Pros: gripping social portrait; frank emotional intensity; strong period atmosphere | Cons: grim sexual exploitation; abrupt ending; uneven performances
Themes
- rape
- amsterdam, netherlands
- dysfunctional family
- poverty
- based on memoir or autobiography
- period drama
- forced prostitution
- historical drama
- sanitorium
- 19th century
- teenage prostitution
- 1880s
Cast & crew
Monique van de Ven
as Keetje Tippel
Rutger Hauer
as Hugo
Andrea Domburg
as Keetje's moeder
- HL
Hannah de Leeuwe
as Mina, Keetje's zus
Jan Blaaser
as Keetje's vader
Eddie Brugman
as Andre
Carry Tefsen
as Vrouw in wasfabriek
Peter Faber
as George
Mart Gevers
as Cheffin hoedenatelier
Walter Kous
as Pierre
Directed by Paul Verhoeven