Name: Wij Alexander
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998-10-10
Rating: 7
Cast: Thekla Reuten, Rick Hendriks, Brende Bertin, Sieto Hoving, Paulette Idzerda

Dutch royalty meets medical mystery in this forgotten '90s curio that dares ask: who's Patient Number 4?

Mini Series

Euro prestige soapTitian intrigueinstitutional unease

Latest Episode

45 min

Season 1 • Episode 8

Latest

Deel 8

Nov 28, 1998

Overview

Drama

Who is Patient Number 4, and what does he have to do with the Van Oranje-Nassau's, the Dutch royal family?

NL Dutch

Content warning

institutional powermedical ethicsnational identitygenerational trauma

Standout Aspects

Production

Lavish period detail on clearly limited '90s Dutch TV budget.

Acting

Young Thekla Reuten already magnetic before international fame.

Best for:Solo·Streaming

Heads up:Disturbing

First AiredOct 10, 1998

StatusEnded

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Seasons1·Episodes8

Top Cast

Thekla Reuten

Eveline Roëll

Hilde Heijnen

Catharina Wauters

Jacques Commandeur

Patient nr. 4

Hugo Haenen

Dokter Jan Giltay

Kees Hulst

Verduyn

Carine Crutzen

Koningin Sophie der Nederlanden

Tom Jansen

Professor De Zwaan

Porgy Franssen

Koning Willem III der Nederlanden

Serge-Henri Valcke

Anarchist Baljuw

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

This was NCRV's most expensive production ever at the time, partly funded by a Dutch lottery—literally gambling on royal drama.

Cultural

The series sparked minor controversy for implying health cover-ups in the royal family; the real House of Orange-Nassau gracefully ignored it.

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Wij Alexander (1998)