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De Mantel der Liefde is a 1978 Dutch satirical anthology film, directed by Adriaan Ditvoorst. It is a black comedy based on the Ten Commandments and mankind's failure to live up to them. [1] [2]

De Mantel der Liefde
Directed by	Adriaan Ditvoorst
Written by	Adriaan Ditvoorst Pieter Goedings
Produced by	Luc Bijkerk Pieter Goedings
Starring	Willeke van Ammelrooy Tim Beekman Marjan Berk
Cinematography	Mat van Hensbergen
Edited by	August Verschueren
Music by	Vangelis (from the album Heaven and Hell)
Distributed by	Luton Films
Release date	1978
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Language	Dutch
Budget	ƒ 450,000

Plot

The film starts off with Jesus Christ and Moses, who are sent from Antiquity to the present to see if mankind followed up the Ten Commandments? The film is divided in ten self-contained sketches, named after one of the Commandments each. [1] Every sketch shows people sinning against the Commandments. Near the end the director and his producer (Hans Boskamp) watch their own film reach its conclusion. The producer feels the movie "sucks" and is "too vulgar", whereupon the director defends it by saying it's actually "art". The producer then replies that "art doesn't sell" and "stupid entertainment is what the public wants."

Cast

• Willeke van Ammelrooy: Maria
• Tim Beekman: Bakker
• Marjan Berk: Annie
• Ronnie Bierman: Gerda
• Anne Wil Blankers: Anne
• Hans Boskamp: Moses / producer
• Bertus Botterman: Vader
• Adrian Brine: Abortionist
• Hans Cornelissen: Jongen
• Hans Croiset: Minister
• Jules Croiset: Pastor
• Rijk de Gooyer: Cor
• Wim van der Grijn: Cyclist
• Liëla Koguchi: Ms. Split
• Mimi Kok: Baker's wife
• Joost Prinsen: Jesus / director

References

External links

• De Mantel der Liefde at IMDb

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