''The Conscript'' ( nl, De loteling) is a 1974 Belgian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Roland Verhavert, based on the eponymous novel by
Hendrik Conscience
Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper cl ...
. It was entered into the
24th Berlin International Film Festival
The 24th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June – 2 July 1974. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Canadian film '' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' directed by Ted Kotcheff.
Jury
The following people were announc ...
.
It was also selected as the Belgian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
47th Academy Awards
The 47th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, April 8, 1975, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best films of 1974. The ceremonies were presided over by Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis Jr., an ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
Flanders, early 19th century. The poor farmer's boy Jan Braems takes the place of the son of a rich man who would've otherwise been drafted in the army. Braems joins the army, where he visits a prostitute and contracts an STD. After taking some ill advice from his comrades he washes his eyes with his own urine, which causes him to go blind. Nevertheless his girlfriend refuses to part from him, no matter what circumstances.
Cast
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Jan Decleir
Jan Decleir (born as ''Jan Amanda Gustaaf Decleir'' on 14 February 1946) is a prolific Belgian movie and stage actor born in Niel, Antwerp.
Career
He had his first big role in Fons Rademakers's ''Mira'' (1971). Since then, he has appeared in ...
as Jan Braems
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Ansje Beentjes as Katrien
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Gaston Vandermeulen as Grootvader
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Gella Allaert as Katriens moeder
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Bernard Verheyden as Karel
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Idwig Stéphane as Korporaal
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Eddy Asselbergs as Boef (I)
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Leo Madder
Leo Madder (born 18 July 1946) is a Belgian television actor.
A familiar figure on Belgian television since the late 1960s he made his first appearance on TV in 1968 in ''Artikel 188''. Starring in a number of television series in the 1970s, h ...
as Boef (II)
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Denise Zimmerman as Vrouw van kommandant
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Rudi Van Vlaenderen as Dokter
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Johan Vanderbracht Johan
* Johan (given name)
* ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller
* Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group
** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group
* Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
* Jo-Han, a manu ...
as Kommandant
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Gilbert Charles
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Werner Kopers as Maris
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Marieke van Leeuwen as Hoertje
See also
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List of Belgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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1974 films
Belgian drama films
1970s Dutch-language films
1974 drama films
Films set in Belgium
Films shot in Belgium
Works set in Flanders
Films about sexually transmitted diseases
Napoleonic Wars films
Films set in the 1800s
Films based on works by Hendrik Conscience
Films directed by Roland Verhavert
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