While she fights a heroic battle against the Spanish besieger with her female army, Kenau, driven by hate and sorrow of the execution of her youngest daughter, is threatened to also lose her eldest daughter, because her fear and pain are covered by her stubborn closeness.
Acting
Monic Hendrickx: rage in a corset, zero chill
Production
Haarlem sets so authentic you'll smell the gunpowder
Costume
Armored women who actually look like they fight
Director
Maarten Treurniet
Monic Hendrickx
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
Barry Atsma
Wigbold Ripperda
Lisa Smit
Gertuide
Sallie Harmsen
Kathelijne
Sophie van Winden
Magdalena
Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Pieter Ripperda
Bert Luppes
Priest
Peter van den Begin
Jacob
Jaap Spijkers
Duyff
Pau Cólera
Don Toledo
Attila Árpa
Don Diego
Simon Nader
Julio, Spanish Officer
Antoin Cox
Teun
Thomas Ryckewaert
Dominique
Steven van Watermeulen
Marnix van St-Aldegonde
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer is Dutch national myth—their Joan of Arc, but with actual historical documentation of her 1573 Haarlem defense.
Director Treurniet fought to cast women over 40 as warriors; studio wanted younger 'marketable' faces. He won. The battles look exhausting because the actors actually are.
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