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5.9/10   73 votes
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Director:
Fons Rademakers
Writers:
Hugo Claus (writer)
Nicolas Freeling (novel)
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Release Date:
1 April 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime | Mystery more
Plot:
A gang of wealthy ne'er do wells rape and terrorize women for fun and force their husbands to watch. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A film that could not be made today more (4 total)

Cast

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Bryan Marshall ... Inspector van der Valk
Alexandra Stewart ... Feodora
Sebastian Graham Jones ... Jansen
Anthony Allen ... Erik Mierle
Ida Goemans ... Carmen
Nicholas Hoye ... Kees van Sonneveld
Sylvia Kristel ... Hannie Troost
Delia Lindsay ... Ms. Maris
Edward Judd ... Mierle
Roger Hammond ... Maris
Derek Hart ... Kieft
Guido de Moor ... Marcousis
Lous Hensen ... Mevr. Van Sonneveld
George Baker ... Boersma
Liliane Vincent ... Mevrouw Kieft
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Niet voor de poezen (Belgium: Flemish title) (Netherlands)
The Rape (Europe: English title) (video title)
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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
Netherlands | Belgium
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Norway:18 | USA:R (edited for re-rating) (1974) | USA:X (original rating) | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted
Filming Locations:
Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Company:
Filmking more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
A film that could not be made today, 7 August 2006
8/10
Author: christopher-underwood from Greenwich - London

This is a rather good drama, very much of its time, that begins with a graphic gang rape, becomes a meandering cop story before hurtling us into the sex and violence underbelly of communes cum cults cum dogmatic nihilism. For the most part naturalistic and frank, which in part means we get the cop full frontal as well as all the girls (including a very early appearance from Sylvia Kristel) but also a feeling that we are witnessing nothing too forced. Only the later glimpses of the darker activities with the psychedelic edge hint at anything particularly stylish, but the film is none the worse for that. All performances are fine and even the scenes with the 'posh' kids and their parents are well done. A film that could not be made today and an intelligent look at counter culture of the day.

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