''Dutch Girls'' is a 1985 film, released by the

London Weekend Television London Weekend Television (LWT; now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV (TV network), ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00&nbs ...

Company, produced by Sue Birtwistle, directed by

Giles Foster Giles Foster has been an English television director since 1975, specialising in television dramas. He has also directed in Australia and in Germany (2012-2014). He wrote some television dramas in the 1970s. He is from Bath, Somerset and was edu ...

, and written by William Boyd. The film is about a group of teenage boys who go to the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

to play

hockey ''Hockey'' is a family of List of stick sports, stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. There are many types of hockey, and the individual sports vary in rules, numbers of players, apparel, ...

. On the trip they drink, smoke, and try to have sex with girls. It features several well-known actors who were young at the time —

Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Colin Firth, several accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Aw ...

Timothy Spall Timothy Leonard Spall ( ; born 27 February 1957) is an English actor. He gained recognition for his character actor roles on stage and screen. In 2000, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. S ...

, Adrian Lukis and

James Wilby James Jonathon Wilby (born 20 February 1958) is an English actor. Early life and education Wilby was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father. He was educated at Terrington Hall and Sedbergh School, studied for a degree in M ...

Cast

as Neil Truelove *

as Lyndon Baines Jellicoe * Bill Paterson as Mr Mole *

as Dundine * Adrian Lukis as Murray * Hywel Williams-Ellis as Lamb *Gusta Gerritsen as Romelia * Sylvia Millecam as Greetje * Anne Wil Blankers as Mrs Van Der Merwe *

Colin McFarlane Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor, narrator and voice actor. He is known for his roles in film and television including Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's '' The Dark Knight Tril ...

as Mkwela *Erik Plooyer as Mr Van Der Merwe *Richard Torn as Kees Van Der Merwe *Stephanie Verwijmeren as Anna Van Der Merwe

References

Review of ''Dutch Girls'' at DVDtalk

External links

* 1985 television films 1985 films 1980s coming-of-age comedy-drama films 1980s teen comedy-drama films 1985 independent films British coming-of-age comedy-drama films British independent films British teen comedy-drama films London Weekend Television shows Television series by ITV Studios Field hockey films Films set in Amsterdam Films with screenplays by William Boyd (writer) Films directed by Giles Foster 1980s English-language films 1980s British films British comedy-drama television films English-language comedy-drama films English-language independent films {{1980s-UK-film-stub