''The Preacher'' () is a 2004

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film about a

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named Klaas Donkers. The film is based on Bart Middelburg's biography of real-life drug lord Klaas Bruinsma. The film received a great deal of attention because it came out shortly after the

Mabel Wisse Smit Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (Mabel Martine Wisse Smit; born Mabel Martine Los, 11 August 1968), more commonly known as Mabel van Oranje, is a Dutch humanitarian and the widow of Prince Friso and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander of t ...

affair, which was caused by Dutch princess Mabel confessing to having lied to the Dutch

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about her past relationship with Bruinsma.

Plot

Cast

Peter Paul Muller Peter Paul Muller (born 30 May 1965) is a Dutch actor and voice actor. In 2017, Muller won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award for his role as South African lawyer Bram Fischer in the film ''Bram Fischer''. Career Television Muller made h ...

as Klaas Donkers *

Frank Lammers Frank Lammers (born 10 April 1972) is a Dutch television and film actor. In 2006, he won a "Best Actor" Golden Calf (award), Golden Calf for his work in ''Nachtrit''. Winner of the National News Quiz 2009 in the Netherlands. Notable for his role ...

as Adri Slotemaker *

Chantal Janzen Chantal Janzen (; born 15 February 1979) is a Dutch actress, singer and TV presenter. She had parts in ''The Preacher (film), The Preacher'', ''Full Moon Party (film), Full Moon Party'' and ''Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' and presented ''Idols ...

as Annet * Mike Reus as Pim *

Tygo Gernandt Tygo Gernandt (born 7 April 1974 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a Dutch actor. He has appeared in several Dutch movies, among them '' Van God Los'', '' Eilandgasten'', '' Schnitzelparadijs'' and '' De Dominee''. He also appeared in the BBC TV ...

as Piet * Roeland Fernhout as Ronald-Jan *

Cas Jansen Cas Jansen (born Casper Jansen, 24 June 1977) is a Dutch actor. He was born in Badhoevedorp, the Netherlands. He voiced Emo in the short film ''Elephants Dream'' (2006). He is also known for his appearances in the Dutch soap opera . Filmography ...

as Pieter Slotemaker * Rick Nicolet as Rie Slotemaker *

Huub Stapel Hubertus Wijnandus Jozef Marie (Huub) Stapel (born 2 December 1954, in Tegelen) is a Dutch actor. He is especially known from the films '' The Lift'' (1983), '' Flodder'' (1986) and '' Amsterdamned'' (1988) by Dick Maas. He also appeared in the ...

as Anton Donkers * Alwien Tulner as Sylvia *

Pleuni Touw Pleuni Touw (born 8 November 1938) is a Dutch film, television and theatre actress best known for her role in the 1974 miniseries '' De Stille Kracht'', which featured the first televised nude scene in Dutch history. Life and career Touw was bor ...

as Jet Donkers * Marcel Musters as Broer Hansen *

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as Jutka Djindjiz *

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as Colombian dealer *

Jeroen Spitzenberger Jeroen Spitzenberger (born 20 January 1976) is a Dutch actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1992. Filmography References External links * * 1976 births Living people Dutch male film actors 20th-century Dutch mal ...

as Jan de Geus * Keith Davis as Hugo Duvall

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* 2004 films 2004 thriller films Films about drugs Films about the illegal drug trade Films about organized crime in the Netherlands Dutch thriller films 2000s Dutch-language films Films based on biographies Films set in the Netherlands A-Film Distribution films {{2000s-thriller-film-stub