The Cross-Patch
The Cross-Patch or De Kribbebijter is a 1935 Dutch film directed by Henry Koster and Ernst Winar. It is based upon the play, "Willis Frau," by Max Reimann and Otto Schwartz.
| De Kribbebijter | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Henry Koster and Ernst Winar |
| Written by | Alexander Alexander Jane Bess Louis De Bree (additional dialogue Max Reimann (play) Otto Schwartz (play) |
Release date | 8 August 1935 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
Cast
- Cor Ruys ... Baron de Kribbebijter
- Philip Dorn ... Willy (as Frits van Dongen)
- Dolly Mollinger ... Loes
- Louis De Bree ... Oom Moekie
- Louis Borel ... Van Maren
- Mary Dresselhuys ... Mary
- Chris Baay ... Schimmelman
- Sien De la Mar-Kloppers ... Katrien
- August Kiehl ... Frans
- Mary Smit ... Roos
- Fie Kohler
- John Gobau
- Jan Blok
- Anton Burgdorffer
- Sophie van Dijk
Reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, describing it as "very badly photographed and very badly directed". Taking especial umbrage with the direction, Greene describes it as "that grim slow kind which never shows you a car without following it to the horizon or lets a character leave one room for another without a prolonged study of opening and closing, and then reopening and re-closing doors, with a glimpse of the passage perhaps as well, lest the imagination should bear too heavy a burden".[1]
References
- Greene, Graham (21 August 1936). "Everything is Thunder/Die Kribbebijter". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. p. 95. ISBN 0192812866.)
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