---
title: 'The Northerners (1992)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alex van Warmerdam'
released: '1992-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Netherlands'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-northerners-1992'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105019/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Northerners (1992)

1992 · 108 min · Comedy · Netherlands

Original title: De Noorderlingen

## Synopsis

The Northerners is a 1992 Dutch film written and directed by Alex van Warmerdam. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. This black comedy takes places in the 1960s, in a surreal Dutch new town consisting of only a single street. It is a darkly amusing satire of bourgeois life and its repressions, pursuit of fantasies through a Freudian forest are all executed with visual and dramatic flair. Van Warmerdam himself has said that he considers this his best film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alex van Warmerdam](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-van-warmerdam)
- **Screenplay:** [Alex van Warmerdam](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-van-warmerdam)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vincent van Warmerdam](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-van-warmerdam)
- **Producer:** [Dick Maas](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-maas), [Laurens Geels](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurens-geels)

## Cast

- [Jack Wouterse](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-wouterse) as Slager
- [Annet Malherbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/annet-malherbe) as Martha
- [Rudolf Lucieer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-lucieer) as Jager
- [Beppie Melissen](https://cinepixo.com/people/beppie-melissen)
- [Leny Breederveld](https://cinepixo.com/people/leny-breederveld)
- [Frans Koppers](https://cinepixo.com/people/frans-koppers)
- [Henri Garcin](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-garcin)
- [Olga Zuiderhoek](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-zuiderhoek)
- [Alex van Warmerdam](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-van-warmerdam)
- [Theo van Gogh](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo-van-gogh)
- [Loes Wouterson](https://cinepixo.com/people/loes-wouterson)
- [Loes Luca](https://cinepixo.com/people/loes-luca)
- [Veerle Dobbelaere](https://cinepixo.com/people/veerle-dobbelaere)
- [Aat Ceelen](https://cinepixo.com/people/aat-ceelen)
- [Victor Löw](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-low)

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