Rutger Hauer's grandson is a theater kid who has to save the Middle Ages with stage combat skills.
This adventurous feature film is a sequel to Paul Verhoeven's legendary youth series from 1969. In this modern film version - the Middle Ages are more imaginative and larded with anachronistic jokes - the story revolves around Floris (grandson of Rutger Hauer's character from the series), a peace-loving bloke whose father despises him because he refuses to carry on the family tradition of stout-hearted knights defending freedom: Floris is an actor. To prove to his father that he can still be a hero, he helps him search for a missing sacred relic with special powers. This is the last hope for the Duke of Burgundy, his father's boss, to eliminate the mean Duchess of Gelre. Along with his oriental girlfriend Pi, Floris goes through some perilous moments when he enters into battle with the duchess and her stooges Van Rossum jr., Kleine Pier jr. and Sergeant jr..
Practical Effects
Intentionally unconvincing sword fights that wink at the original
Costume
Deliberately wrong period details as running gag
Writing
Meta-jokes about Dutch TV history and Verhoeven worship
Director
Jean van de Velde
Michiel Huisman
Floris
Birgit Schuurman
Pi
Daan Schuurmans
van Rossum jr.
Victor Löw
Floris sr.
Loes Wouterson
Jacoba
Linda van Dyck
Hertogin van Gelre
Henk Poort
Sergeant sr.
Kees Boot
Sergeant jr.
Bastiaan Ragas
Blanchefleur
Yannick van de Velde
Hertog van Bourgondië
Bob van Tol
van Rossum Sr.
Tom Jansen
Grote Pier
Dimme Treurniet
Grote Piraat
Harry Wiesenhaan
Piraat Julio
Pieter Tiddens
Kaasboer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1969 original made Rutger Hauer a star; this 2004 sequel accidentally predicted his legacy would become theater-kid-coded.
Michiel Huisman would later become the internet's boyfriend in 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Haunting of Hill House'—imagine explaining to 2011 him that his big break was sword-fighting Birgit Schuurman in a Dutch family comedy.
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