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The Knife

The Knife

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 2, 1961

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama

User Score

58%

Original Title

Het mes

Production Companies

NFM, Afilms, City Video International (CVI)

Director

Fons Rademakers

Description

A boy is resentful of his mother's budding romance with the best friend of her late husband, and is torn and confused about his emerging feelings for Toni, a young girl in his neighborhood. His fascination with an antique Oriental knife leads him to steal it and he uses it to try to impress Toni while at the same time trying to break up his mother's relationhip.