Frans en Duits

 
Light-hearted television drama about a love affair between two men, both teachers. It is 1966. A young music teacher goes to teach at the local secondary on a small island in the Wadden Sea. He falls in love with the teacher Duits, who answers his feelings and unusual intimacy ensues. Duits thinks their relationship can still blossom when he becomes headmaster and marries the gym teacher. However the music teacher refuses to conform to his friend's weak attitude. During the festivities to mark the fairytale wedding between Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus, he realises their love is doomed and he leaves the island. However when he returns to the Wadden island thirty years later, their love has not yet cooled.
Production year1995
Length50 minutes
Production countryNetherlands
DirectorOrlow Seunke
ProducerMirjam van Rijn
ScenarioMieke de Jong
CameraTom Erisman
Production DesignHemmo Sportel
Set GeluidBen Zijlstra
EditorOt Louw
Production companyNPS TV
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