Chasing Windmills

6.8
2018 0 hr 30 min Drama

In 1934 Koos Bink is 16 as he grows up in Crooswijk, a poor part of Rotterdam. He dreams of escaping the misery like his hero, boxer Bep van Klaveren, aka The Dutch Windmill. As a stowaway on board of a luxury passenger ship he tries to make his way to America and follow in the footsteps of the Dutch Olympic champion. The one thing Koos did not count on is that it is not enough just to dream.

  • Cast:
    Frank Lammers , Vincent van Ommen

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Reviews

Ehirerapp
2018/04/13

Waste of time

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Maidexpl
2018/04/14

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Deanna
2018/04/15

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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Geraldine
2018/04/16

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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