Spuit elf

Summary

Comedy about a village idiot who becomes an enthusiastic fireman.

When fire breaks out, Draes, the village idiot, knows what to do. He turns a chicken coop into a watchtower and even manages to cobble together a fire extinguisher. He is on guard day and night and the villagers are laughing at him behind his back. Then a pyromaniac embarks on a series of fires and at last Draes can show the village what is he is worth.

For director Paul Cammermans - he also plays the village idiot - the film was no more than a showcase for a number of archetypal characters, like the mayor, the verger, the baker and the pretty girl. The cast is a strange mixture of established Dutch actors like Kitty Courbois and funny man Bueno de Mesquito and international names like Akim Tamiroff (the baker) and Jacques Dufilho (the pyromaniac).

Information

original title
Spuit elf
foreign release title
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
production year
1964
censorship date
16-12-1964
first screening
21-12-1964
country
Netherlands
geographical names
category
Fiction
genre
applicant inspection
original distributor
producer
production company

Cast

Narrator

Actor

Crew

Technical notations

runtime
107
original length
2497
censorship length
2497
sound
Sound
colour
Black and white
format
35mm
acts
6

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