''The Marriage Escape'' ( is a 2020 Dutch

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film directed by

Johan Nijenhuis Johan Nijenhuis (born 4 March 1968) is a Dutch film producer, director and screenwriter. Career After the success of his film ''Costa!'', He founded the production company Nijenhuis & de Levita Film and TV with producer Alain de Levita. it was ...

. The film is an adaptation of the 2016 Czech film '' Tiger Theory'', and it is the first cinema film predominantly spoken in the

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variety of

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, although the title is in Dutch. The film won the

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award after having sold 100,000 tickets and the film also won the Platinum Film award after having sold 400,000 tickets. In total, more than 710,000 tickets were sold and the film became the best visited Dutch film and highest-grossing Dutch film of 2020. It was also the third best visited film in the Netherlands in 2020, with ''

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'' and '' Tenet'' in first and second place respectively. In December 2020, it was announced that ''The Marriage Escape'' was the best Dutch film of 2020 according to the 'Kring van Nederlandse Filmjournalisten', the Dutch organisation for professional film journalists and film critics. In September 2021, Herman Finkers received the ''Zilveren Krulstaart'' award for best

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of a 2020 Dutch film. On ''

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'' 2021, the film premiered on television with 2,500,000 viewers, making it the best viewed film on Dutch television since 2002. Herman Finkers and

Leonie ter Braak Leonie ter Braak (born 28 September 1980) is a Dutch television presenter and actress. She is known for presenting several television shows, including the talk show '' HLF8''. She also played a role in the 2020 film '' The Marriage Escape'', the ...

made their film debut in this film.

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began in September 2018 and filming took place in

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, Belgium and Germany.

Plot

Cast

* Herman Finkers as Jan *

Johanna ter Steege Johanna ter Steege (born 10 May 1961) is a Dutch actress. Career She won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in '' The Vanishing'' (1988). Among her other films are Robert Altman's '' Vincent & Theo'' (1990), ...

as Gedda *

as Liesbeth * Jan Roerink as Opa Arend * Annie Beumers as Oma Sinie * Ferdi Stofmeel as Erik *

Erik Dijkstra Erik Dijkstra (born 9 March 1977) is a Dutch journalist and television presenter. He is known as presenter of the quiz show '' Per Seconde Wijzer'' and for the segment ''De Jakhalzen'' in the talk show '' De Wereld Draait Door''. He was also one ...

as Mark * Mick Idzes as Driekus * Stef Assen as Peter * Aniek Stokkers as Ilse * Daphne Bunskoek as Julia * Reinier Bulder as Antoon * Jos Brummelhuis as Bert Dammink * Jeffrey Spalburg as Agent * Karlijn Lansink as Neuroloog * Belinda van der Stoep as Uroloog

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* 2020 films 2020 comedy-drama films Dutch comedy-drama films 2020s Dutch-language films 2020s German-language films Films directed by Johan Nijenhuis Films scored by Martijn Schimmer Films shot in the Netherlands Films shot in Belgium Films shot in Germany 2020 multilingual films Dutch multilingual films September Film Distribution films {{2020s-comedy-film-stub