''The Polish Bride'' () is a 1998 Dutch film directed by Karim Traïdia and written by Kees van der Hulst. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the

Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

at the

71st Academy Awards The 71st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 1998 in film and took place on March 21, 1999, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p ...

, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Cast

Jaap Spijkers Jaap may refer to: * Jaap Sahib, Sikh prayer * Jaap (given name) Jaap is a Dutch given name that is short for Jacob or Jacobus (Jacob or James in English). People with this name include: Academics *Jaap R. Bruijn (born 1938), Dutch maritime his ...

as Henk Woldring *

Monic Hendrickx Monic Hendrickx (born 3 December 1966 in Sint Anthonis) is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including four Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Beach ...

as Anna Krzyzanowska *

Rudi Falkenhagen Rudolf Johan Falkenhagen (26 May 1933 – 26 January 2005) was a Dutch actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Snuf in the television series ''Pipo de Clown Pipo de Clown is a character created by writer and artist Wim Meuldijk, whic ...

as the pimp *

Roef Ragas Rudolphus Henricus Cornelis "Roef" Ragas (25 May 1965 – 30 August 2007) was a Dutch actor from Harderwijk. He was the older brother of Bastiaan and Jeroen Ragas. From 1984 to 1990 Ragas studied Dutch at the University of Amsterdam. He graduate ...

as the pimp's son * Hakim Traidia as the mailman * Soraya Traïdia as Krysztyna

Awards and nominations

;

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(lost to ''

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'') ;International Film Festival of Rotterdam *Awards: AUDIENCE AWARD ;

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(

Golden Calf According to the Bible, the golden calf (עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב '' ‘ēgel hazzāhāv'') was an idol (a cult image) made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai. In Hebrew, the incident is known as ''ḥēṭə’ hā‘ēgel'' ...

) *Best Actor (Spijkers – lost to Johan Leysen, ''Felice... Felice...'') *Best Actress (Hendrickx, won) *Best Director (Karim Traïdia, won) ;BERLIN Award: Best European film 1999 EUROPA AWARD ;AFI

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, Los Angeles Award: Best European Entry ;Selected for LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE Cannes 1998 Award: GRAND RAIL D'OR ;Best Film at Braunschweig Film Festival OSCARS 1999 Represented the Netherlands

Australian adaptation

The 2007 Australian film ''

Unfinished Sky ''Unfinished Sky'' is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Peter Duncan. William McInnes stars as John Woldring, an Australian farmer living in self-imposed exile after his wife's death, who rescues and protects Tahmeena, played by Monic H ...

'', also starring Monic Hendrickx, is an adaptation of this film into an Australian context.

References

External links

* 1998 films 1998 romantic drama films Dutch romantic drama films 1990s Dutch-language films {{Netherlands-film-stub

Cast

Awards and nominations

Australian adaptation

See also

References

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