Character
by Van Diem, Mike (director)
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 076781553X
- ISBN 13
- 9780767815536
- Seller
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Culver City, California, USA: Sony Pictures Classics/Columbia Tristar, 1998. BZ5 - A full screen format edition VHS NTSC tape of a Dutch film directed by Mike Van Diem. "R" rating. A used clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear. The tape is a former rental in excellent condition with only some light surface damage from a label along the bottom edge of the top tape cassette label. The paperboard sleeve shows very minor shelf wear primarily in the form of some light surface rubbing on the back near the bottom edge. A full screen format VHS tape of a notable Dutch foreign language film. This is a film version of a popular classic of Netherland literature, the 1938 novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk. It is set in Rotterdam, Netherlands in the 1920s. The city's most feared baliff, the curse of the poor and an agent of law without compassion is discovered stabbed to death. A self-taught lawyer who was just abale to pass his exams was the last person to see the baliff alive. The police want to know why he visited the old man, and the young barrister is ready to tell the story of a lifetime. This movie is a winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Dutch language film with yellow english subtitles. Dutch with yellow English subtitles, digitally mastered, Dolby surround, 125 minutes.. VHS Video Tape. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 4.25"x7.5". VHS Video Tape.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW09196
- Title
- Character
- Author
- Van Diem, Mike (director)
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 076781553X
- ISBN 13
- 9780767815536
- Publisher
- Sony Pictures Classics/Columbia Tristar
- Place of Publication
- Culver City, California, USA
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- VHS Tape Full Screen Format Netherlands Dreverhaven Mystery Murder Crime Law Judge Judges Barrister Barristers Bordewijk Ferdinand Rotterdam 1920s Twenties Academy Award Winner Best Foreign Language Film Ferdinand Bordewijk Mike van Diem Laurens Geels Ruu
- Bookseller catalogs
- Entertainment; Entertainment / Movies VHS;
- Size
- 4.25"x7.5"
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