''Dennis P.'' is a 2007 Dutch film directed by

Pieter Kuijpers Pieter Kuijpers (born 30 July 1968, Tegelen) is a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter. Films *''Darkling'' (1995) *'' Godforsaken'' (''Van God Los'', 2003) *''The Archives'' (''De Ordening'', 2003)(TV) *'' Off Screen'' (2005) *'' ...

. Based on the book ''Aan de Haal'' by Gijsbert Termaat and Tjerk de Vries, the film is about 25-year-old Dennis Phrommer, a former employee of

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trade company Gassan Diamonds in

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who committed a spectacular theft of 8137 diamonds, together , and other jewelry, with a value of €10 million, from his employer.

Plot

Dennis ( Edo Brunner) is in love with prostitute Tiffany (

Nadja Hüpscher Nadja Hüpscher (born 23 March 1972) is a Dutch actress and writer, known for Based on the Novel (1999), Dennis P. (2007) and Levenslied (2011). Early life Nadja Hüpscher was born on 23 March 1972 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. Hüpsc ...

). He is not so interested in sex, but pays her to keep him company, and gives her expensive presents. He gets the money from repeatedly stealing diamonds from his employer Globus Diamonds. In view of an upcoming investigation into the missing diamonds Dennis fears he cannot go on like this. Instead he decides to steal one more time, but now a lot. He succeeds and leaves most diamonds with Tiffany's parents, who will hide them. He and Tiffany go to

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: on one hand Dennis flees the country, on the other hand he fulfills Tiffany's wish to go to that country. However, they have to take separate flights: due to the

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of their flight the departure is after the theft is discovered, therefore Dennis has to acquire a false passport. In Mexico it turns out that Tiffany has a lover there whom she is going to marry. The fact that, on top of that, he is a policeman, is no complication, he knows about the theft, but will not report it. Anyway, Dennis is disappointed, and returns to the Netherlands. On arrival he visits his parents' house, where he hears from his mother (

Willeke van Ammelrooy Willy Geertje van Ammelrooij (born 5 April 1944), known as Willeke van Ammelrooy, is a Dutch actress. Life and career Willeke van Ammelrooy was born in Amsterdam, where she also attended drama school. She has acted on stage as well as in fi ...

) that his father (John Leddy) has just died. His mother strongly disapproves of the theft and refuses the money Dennis gives her, but her father was more positive, with the motto "It is better to regret what you have done than to regret what you did not do". First Dennis plans not to attend the funeral because he would likely be caught by the police, but he goes anyway and, after that, turns himself in. His mother is at last proud of him.

External links

BBC news report
(in Dutch)

(in Dutch) * {{Pieter Kuijpers Dutch crime comedy films 2007 films Films set in the Netherlands Films shot in Almería RCV Film Distribution films Films directed by Pieter Kuijpers