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Michiel de Ruyter (Dutch pronunciation: [miˈxil də ˈrœytər]) is a 2015 Dutch film about the 17th-century admiral Michiel de Ruyter directed by Roel Reiné. The film had its world premiere in the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam on 26 January 2015 and has been released in cinemas in the Netherlands on 29 January 2015. On the English promotional website, the film has the title Admiral.




Cast



The first choice for the title role was Yorick van Wageningen, but he could not come to a financial agreement with the producers. On 9 May 2014, the full cast was presented to the press.

Frank Lammers as Michiel de Ruyter
Barry Atsma as Johan de Witt
Egbert-Jan Weber as William III
Gene Bervoets as Van Ginneken
Jada Borsato as Neeltje de Ruyter
Will Bowden as Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Daniel Brocklebank
Hajo Bruins as Cornelis Tromp
Jules Croiset
Charles Dance as Charles II
Lukas Dijkema
Roeland Fernhout as Cornelis de Witt
Tygo Gernandt as Joseph van Ghent
Rutger Hauer as Maarten Tromp
Jelle de Jong
Joost Koning
Youval Kuipers
Isa Lammers
Sanne Langelaar as Anna de Ruyter
Lieke van Lexmond as Wendela de Witt
Derek de Lint as Johan Kievit
Victor Löw as De Waerd
Aurélie Meriel
Filip Peeters as Abraham Duquesne
Pip Pellens
Bas van Prooijen
Nils Verkooijen
Viv Weatherall




Production



The film was directed by Roel Reiné and produced by Klaas de Jong. It had a budget of 8 million euro. Among the film locations are Zeeland, Texel, the Wadden Sea, and the Ridderzaal.




Reception






= Pre-release

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Prior to its release, several protest groups had accused the film of glorifying the colonial history of the Netherlands although references to colonialism in the film are almost absent. The film makes a minor reference to the Dutch East India Company, which contributed highly to the welfare of a small group of wealthy merchants in the 17th century in the Low Countries, and to the trading vessels that were protected by the navy under Michiel de Ruyter. The film's main subjects, apart from Ruyter himself, are the internal politics of the country and the oligarchy that formed the ruling class at the time, including the brutal murder of Johan de Witt and the complicated relationship with England, up to the engagement of the William III of Orange with the English princess Mary.




= Post-release

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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 67% based on six reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. In a review for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Abele writes: "With loving shots of booming, towering ships so dominant, and decades squeezed into what feels like a week of action, there's barely enough time to develop De Ruyter as a character in his own movie, or even successfully explain his war strategies."




Awards


Golden Film for 100,000 visitors
Platinum Film for 400,000 visitors




See also


Anglo-Dutch Wars
Franco-Dutch War
Four Days' Battle




References






External links



Official website
Michiel de Ruyter at IMDb
Michiel de Ruyter at Rotten Tomatoes

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Jules Croiset
• Filmografi Rutger Hauer
• Charles Dance
• Batavia (kapal)
• Michiel de Ruyter (film)
• Ruyter
• Cornelis de Witt
• Redbad (film)
• List of war films and TV specials set between 1453 and 1775
• List of films set in Amsterdam
• Frank Lammers
• Gene Bervoets
• Jules Croiset
• Admiral (disambiguation)