''De Zeemeerman'' is a
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comedy film
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directed by
Frank Herrebout
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. The movie revolves around a young man who has a hard time getting girls because he permanently smells of fish. The cure, offered by a mad professor, turns him into a male mermaid, or mer-man ('zeemeerman' in Dutch).
The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb.
According to 134,000 users of website moviemeter.nl, ''De Zeemeerman'' is the worst Dutch movie of all time, scoring #3 in the
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National Lampoon's Pledge This!
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'' in the number one spot).
Ed Starink composed the main theme.
Plot
Cast
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Daniël Boissevain as Tony Pellicano
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Gonny Gaakeer as Julie / Natasja
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Angelique de Bruijne
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as Suzy
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Frans van Deursen as Gregor
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Huub Stapel
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as Timo Babel
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Manuëla Kemp as Christa
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Peter Faber
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as Simon
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Serge-Henri Valcke as Pedro
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Jerome Reehuis as Professor Swezick
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Joke Bruijs
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as Mevrouw Romijn
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Katja Schuurman
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as Bea
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Gert-Jan Dröge
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as Maitre d'Hotel
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Marjolein Sligte as Wilma
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Romijn Conen as Wim Evers
Release
The film was released on DVD by Indies Home Entertainment on 8 November 2005.
References
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Dutch comedy films
1996 films
1990s Dutch-language films
1996 comedy films
Films produced by Rob Houwer
Films about mermaids
United International Pictures films
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