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De vierde man (1983)
Country of Origin: Netherlands
Year of Production: 1983
Running Times: 98 mins (Italy) 105
mins
Format: colour
Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: VNF
Producer: Rob Houwer
Production Manager: Remmelt Remmelts
SCRIPT
Script: Gerard Soeteman
Novel: Gerard Reve
DIRECTION
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Assistant Director: Jindra Markus
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jan de Bont
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ine Schenkkan
MUSIC
Music: Loek Dikker
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Math van Duurling
Effects and Atmosphere Sound Recordist: Math van Duurling
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up / Hair: Kathy Kühne
Costume Designer: Elly Claus
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Christopher Tucker
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Roland De Groot
Props: Strengholt Laurens
MISCELLANEOUS
Assistants to Producer: Jelte Velzen, Ineke van Wezel
LOCATIONS
Locations: Central Station, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands;
Vlissingen, Netherlands
Location Manager: Marjan Taconis
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Dickey Beer
CAST
Jeroen Krabbé (Gerard Reve)
Renée Soutendijk (Christine Halsslag)
Thom Hoffman (Herman)
Dolf de Vries (Dr de Vries)
Geert de Jong (Ria)
Hans Veerman (begrafenisondernemer)
Hero Muller (Josefs)
Caroline de Beus (Adrienne)
Reinout Bussemaker (eerste echtgenoot)
Erik J. Meijer (tweede echtgenoot)
Ursul de Geer (derde echtgenoot)
Filip Bolluyt (surfer)
Hedda Lornie (verkoopster boekhandel)
Paul Nygaard (violist)
Guus van der Made (treinkelner)
Pamela Teves (verpleegster)
Hella Faassen (vrouw bij lazing)
Helen Hedy (verkoopster AKO)
PLOT SUMMARY
Gay alcoholic writer Reve starts to have strange
hallucinations on a visit to Amsterdam wher he delivers a speech.
He is seduced by beautician Christine, but is secretly more attracted
to her plumber boyfriend Herman. As his hallucinations become more
bizarre and frightening, Reve comes to suspect that Christine is a
murderer who has already seen off three husbands – and either
he or Herman is about to become the fourth man.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Verhoeven's dry run for the later, inferior, Basic
Instinct (1992), De vierde man will disappoint
anyone familiar only with the director's later Hollywood films.
With great performances, a provocative script and some wonderfully
surreal moments, it's a quietly impressive film, one with something
to offend just about everyone and one that certainly deserves a wider
audience.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Mainline Pictures
USA
Theatrical Distributor: International Spectrafilm (1984)
Video Distributor: Media Home Entertainment; Xenon Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Image Entertainment Inc
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay (DV11251)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: 18
Hong Kong
Rating: III
Netherlands
Rating: 12
UK
Rating: 18
Originally cut by 2 seconds, these trims were reinstated for a 2003
uncut release.
West Germany
Rating: 18
TIMELINE
1983
March
24: Netherlands – theatrical release
September
11: Canada – shown at the Toronto Film Festival
1999
September
4: Hong Kong – shown at the Holland Film Fortnight ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The 4th Man - US video title
El cuarto hombre - Argentinian / Spanish title
The Fourth Man - US title
Il quarto uomo - Italian title
Le quatrième homme - French title
Der Vierte Mann - German title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Blonde Poison: The Making
of Basic Instinct (2001)
Flesh
+ Steel: The Making of Robocop (2001) KEYWORDS accidents, bisexuality, book into film, castrations, catholicism, crucifixions,
dreams, homosexuality, insanity, masturbation, the paranormal, premonitions,
religion, sex, visions, voyeurism, widows, writers
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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