Movie: Chasing Windmills

Top 5 Billed Cast

Frank Lammers
Frank Lammers

Kapitein Holland Amerika Lijn

Vincent van Ommen
Vincent van Ommen

Bep van Klaveren

Mitchell Brunings
Mitchell Brunings

Bokser Frank

Rick Lens
Rick Lens

Maarten

Merlijn Remmig
Merlijn Remmig

Koos Bink

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    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.

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    2018-04-13

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    Nederlands
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