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Fien - De Musical

1985 · 1 season

A stately, song-filled portrait of a stage star's rise and decline, moving from footlights to sorrow with theatrical warmth and a lingering melancholy.

Created by
Joop Stokkermans, Ivo de Wijs
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jasperina de Jong, Gees Linnebank, Dick Scheffer
Overview
Four-part musical about the life of Dutch actress Fien de la Mar, chronicling her earliest days on stage with her father, her glory days as a stage and movie star and the building her own theatre, up until the tragic end of her life.

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Created by
Joop Stokkermans, Ivo de Wijs
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jasperina de Jong, Gees Linnebank, Dick Scheffer
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • ambition
    • family
    • identity
    • aging
    • death
    Places
    • workplace
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • musical
    • true story
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Joop Stokkermans, Ivo de Wijs, Eric Herfst
    Written by
    Eric Herfst
    Starring
    Jasperina de Jong, Gees Linnebank, Dick Scheffer, Gerard Thoolen, André van den Heuvel, Eric van der Donk, Ellis van den Brink, Kitty Courbois
    Music
    Joop Stokkermans
    Length
    1 seasons, 4 episodes
    Network
    NPO 1
    Country
    Netherlands
    Languages
    Dutch

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