Moutarde van Sonaansee

Summary

Comedy by and with comedian Toon Hermans about head-in-the-clouds Mister Moutarde who lives in the village of Sun-at-sea.

In a series of funny scenes, Hermans tells the story of Mister Moutarde whose house is threatened by the owners of the Knik Knak sausage factory who want to tear it down and build a sausage factory in its place. Fortunately, the other villagers, including a French wine seller, the village priest and Mister Moutarde’s new love Helen, an English biologist, want to help him.

Hermans’ only venture into filmmaking was panned by the critics. It may have been amateurish but it did provide a platform for Hermans to show his considerable talents as a comic and a performer. Hermans singlehandedly directed, wrote the screenplay, designed the sets and composed the score (with Dolf van der Linden). Moutarde van Sonaansee also marks the film debut of actress Nelly Frijda who would go on to fame as Ma Flodder.