Mariken

Dec 7 2000 N/A 1h 32m
Drama, Family, Fantasy

A family film, based on a well-known Dutch story from the Middle Ages. Mariken tells the compelling and poetic story of spirited young girl named Mariken. The orphan Mariken lives in a secluded forest with an eccentric old hermit. One day, she decides to leave her surroundings and sets off for town to buy a new goat. On her adventurous journey into the 'real' world, she finds out about the good and bad sides of people.

Plot

Old Archibald is chased from the countess's city after she made her physician and counselor Esculaap taste the droppings he bought from him for her. On his way out, he finds a baby in a bundle, marked 'take care of Mariken', and raises the girl his weird, yet sort of wise way, in the wild. One day she wanders off and is captured by the Black Widow -who lost her family and neighbors in a Black Death epidemic- with chained Jan the 'rat boy', being calling both devil's seed, but he helps her escape to the city. There she gets saved by the troop of wandering performers of an actor made up as Devil, but when they play Moritoen on the castle the unhappily childless countess chases the actors but keeps Mariken, who learns her story before escaping and finding out her own and Archibald's...

Written by

Willeke van Ammelrooy, Peter van Gestel, Kim van Kooten

Directed by

André van Duren

Cast

Laurien Van den Broeck, Jan Decleir, Ramsey Nasr

Crew

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Production Countries

Netherlands, Belgium

Production Companies

VPRO

Languages

Nederlands

Awards

3 wins & 3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
438
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA