''The Preacher'' ( nl, De Dominee) is a 2004

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thriller film about a

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named Klaas Donkers. The film is based on Bart Middelburg's biography of real-life drug lord Klaas Bruinsma. The film received a great deal of attention because it came out shortly after the

Mabel Wisse Smit Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (previously Mabel Martine Wisse Smit, born Mabel Martine Los; 11 August 1968), more commonly known as Mabel van Oranje, is the widow of Prince Friso and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherland ...

affair, which was caused by Dutch princess Mabel confessing to having lied to the Dutch

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about her past relationship with Bruinsma.

Cast

Peter Paul Muller Peter Paul Muller (born 30 May 1965) is a Dutch actor and voice actor. In 2017, Muller won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award for his role as South African lawyer Bram Fischer in the film ''Bram Fischer''. Career Television Muller made h ...

as Klaas Donkers *

Frank Lammers Frank Lammers (born 10 April 1972) is a Dutch television and film actor. In 2006, he won a "Best Actor" Golden Calf for his work in ''Nachtrit ''Nachtrit'' (English ''Night Run'' or ''Night Ride'') is a 2006 Netherlands thriller film about t ...

as Adri Slotemaker *

Chantal Janzen Chantal Janzen (; born 15 February 1979) is a Dutch actress, singer and TV presenter. She had parts in '' The Preacher'', ''Full Moon Party'' and '' Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' and presented '' Idols''. She also played Belle in the Dutch mu ...

as Annet *

Mike Reus Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...

as Pim *

Tygo Gernandt Tygo Gernandt (born 7 April 1974 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a Dutch actor. He has played in several Dutch movies, among them ''Van God Los'', '' Eilandgasten'', '' Schnitzelparadijs'' and ''De Dominee''. He also played in the BBC TV serie ...

as Piet *

Roeland Fernhout Roeland, Roelandt or Roelant (all pronounced ) is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to English Roland. It is a Germanic name consisting of the elements -hrod- ("fame") and -land- (i.e. "famous in the land") or -nand- ("brave").

as Ronald-Jan *

Cas Jansen Cas Jansen (born Casper Jansen) is a Dutch actor born on 24 June 1977 in Badhoevedorp, the Netherlands. He voiced Emo in the short film '' Elephants Dream'' (2006). He is also known for his appearances in the Dutch soap opera ''Goede tijden, slec ...

as Pieter Slotemaker *

Rick Nicolet Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...

as Rie Slotemaker *

Huub Stapel Hubertus Wijnandus Jozef Marie (Huub) Stapel (born 2 December 1954, in Tegelen) is a Dutch actor. He is especially known from the films ''De Lift'' (1983), ''Flodder'' (1986) and ''Amsterdamned'' (1988) by Dick Maas. He also appeared in the Gol ...

as Anton Donkers * Alwien Tulner as Sylvia *

Pleuni Touw Pleuni Touw (born 8 November 1938) is a Dutch film, television and theatre actress best known for her role in the 1974 miniseries '' De Stille Kracht'', which featured the first televised nude scene in Dutch history. Life and career Touw was bor ...

as Jet Donkers *

Marcel Musters Marcel Musters (born 6 June 1959) is a Dutch actor. In 2019, he won the Golden Calf for Best Actor award for his role in the film ''God Only Knows'' directed by Mijke de Jong. In 2020, a print of his hand was added to the 'Walk of Fame' in the V ...

as Broer Hansen *

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as Jutka Djindjiz *

Dean Constantin Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean Titles * ...

as Colombian dealer *

Jeroen Spitzenberger Jeroen Spitzenberger (born 20 January 1976) is a Dutch actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1992. Filmography References External links * * 1976 births Living people Dutch male film actors 20th-century Dutch male ac ...

as Jan de Geus * Keith Davis as Hugo Duvall

Awards

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