Süskind (film) explained

Süskind
Director:	Rudolf van den Berg
Producer:	Rinkel Film Cadenza Films Fu Works
Starring:	Jeroen Spitzenberger Karl Markovics Nyncke Beekhuyzen Katja Herbers
Editing:	Job ter Burg
Distributor:	Independent Films
Runtime:	118 minutes
Country:	Netherlands
Language:	Dutch German
Budget:	€6 million

Süskind is a Dutch war film directed by Rudolf van den Berg.The film is based on the life of Walter Süskind and is set in Amsterdam during the Second World War.The film was released in the Netherlands on 19 January 2012.

Plot

In Amsterdam during the German occupation of the Netherlands, a group of people, including Walter Süskind, try to help children escape the Holocaust.

Cast

Jeroen Spitzenberger as Walter Süskind
Karl Markovics as Ferdinand aus der Fünten
Nyncke Beekhuyzen as Hanna Süskind
Katja Herbers as Fanny Philips
Nasrdin Dchar as Felix Halverstadt
Rudolf Lucieer as David Cohen
as Abraham Asscher
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Tygo Gernandt as Piet Meerburg

Reception

Boyd van Hoeij of Variety magazine called it "a serious-minded, reined-in and slightly airless historical drama that also explores wartime behavior in shades of gray".^[1]

Notes and References

Web site: 8 February 2012 . Boyd van Hoeij . Sueskind . Variety .