''The Polish Bride'' () is a 1998 Dutch film directed by
Karim Traïdia and written by
Kees van der Hulst. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
71st Academy Awards
The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21, 1999, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p. ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Jaap Spijkers as Henk Woldring
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Monic Hendrickx
Monic Hendrickx (born 3 December 1966 in Sint Anthonis) is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including four Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Be ...
as Anna Krzyzanowska
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Rudi Falkenhagen as the pimp
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Roef Ragas as the pimp's son
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Hakim Traidia as the mailman
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Soraya Traïdia as Krysztyna
Awards and nominations
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Golden Globe Awards
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Best Foreign Language Film (lost to ''
Central Station
Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...
'')
;International Film Festival of Rotterdam
*Awards: AUDIENCE AWARD
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Netherlands Film Festival
The Netherlands Film Festival () is an annual film festival, held in September and October of each year in the city of Utrecht.
During the ten-day festival, Dutch film productions and co-productions are exhibited. Besides feature films, the prog ...
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Golden Calf
According to the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran, the golden calf () was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai (bible), Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as "the sin of the calf" (). It is first mentio ...
)
*Best Actor (Spijkers – lost to Johan Leysen, ''Felice... Felice...'')
*Best Actress (Hendrickx, won)
*Best Director (Karim Traïdia, won)
;BERLIN
Award: Best European film 1999 EUROPA AWARD
;AFI
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the History of cinema in the United States, motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private fu ...
, Los Angeles
Award: Best European Entry
;Selected for LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE Cannes 1998
Award: GRAND RAIL D'OR
;Best Film at Braunschweig Film Festival
OSCARS 1999
Represented the Netherlands
Australian adaptation
The 2007 Australian film ''
Unfinished Sky
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'', also starring Monic Hendrickx, is an adaptation of this film into an Australian context.
See also
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References
External links
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1998 films
1998 romantic drama films
Dutch romantic drama films
1990s Dutch-language films
RCV Film Distribution films
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