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Beatrix, Orange under fire

2012 · 1 season

A restrained, intimate portrait that moves between public duty and private strain, asking quiet sympathy for a life lived under constant scrutiny.

Created by
Pim van Hoeve
Genres
Drama
Starring
Thom Hoffman, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Mara van Vlijmen
Overview
Series about the life and work of Queen Beatrix, offering a meticulous dramatised interpretation of historical events. The series opens in the Royal tour bus, a few minutes before the attack on Queen’s Day 2009, and goes on to show other tough and fine moments in the monarch’s life. Is she really the business manager on the throne that the media often call her? What is she like as a mother and grandmother? How did she cope with her husband’s depressions and illness?

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Created by
Pim van Hoeve
Genres
Drama
Starring
Thom Hoffman, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Mara van Vlijmen
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • power
  • identity
  • grief
  • media
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Pim van Hoeve
Starring
Thom Hoffman, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Mara van Vlijmen, Bastiaan Ragas, Katja Herbers, Ian Bok, Peter Oosthoek, Antoinette Jelgersma
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes
Network
NPO 1
Languages
Dutch

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