Directed by:
Mark PeploeScreenplay:
Mark PeploeCinematography:
Bruno de KeyzerComposer:
Richard HartleyCast:
Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Irène Jacob, Rufus Sewell, Jean Yanne, Bill Paterson, Simon Callow, Irm Hermann, Hansi Jochmann, Graziano MarcelliPlots(1)
An intense story of a man accused of murder and his struggle to keep himself and the woman he loves alive! In a remote Dutch East Indies seaport, Axel Heyst lives in a prominent hotel. An all-woman orchestra plays in the hotel each night and the orchestra owner agrees to "sell" one of the girls, Alma, to the sinister owner of the hotel. When Alma begs Heyst to save her from a life of prostitution, they escape to a tropical island... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Willem Dafoe
USA
Best movies:
Platoon (1986)
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Sam Neill
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Piano (1993)
Irène Jacob
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
Goodbye, Children (1987)
Rufus Sewell
UK
Best movies:
The Father (2020)
Hamlet (1996)
John Adams (2008) (series)
Jean Yanne
France
Best movies:
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Indochine (1992)
Line of Demarcation (1966)
Bill Paterson
UK
Best movies:
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Chaplin (1992)
Simon Callow
UK
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
No Man's Land (2001)
The Company (2007) (series)
Irm Hermann
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Hansi Jochmann
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin 56 (2016) (series)
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Shining Through (1992)