Taming the Floods fulfills the dream of the landscape architect Jan Dijkstra: he can design an area in Poland that is regularly flooded by the river. Dijkstra wants to create a large nature reserve where people no longer have any influence: an area where the river can run its course and wolves can be set free. The fanatical landscape architect however does not bear in mind the needs of the local people. His younger colleague David is eventually sent to Poland to get things organised. Taming the Floods is a mixture of documentary and feature in which all the scenes are borrowed from situations which really happen or have happened. Alongside actors, roles are played by the local people, including farmers and a priest.
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Stars: Jan Decleir, Frank Rigter, Andrzej Żarnecki, Karolina Wajda, Joanna Furmaga
Crew: Jan van den Berg (Scenario Writer), Jan van den Berg (Director), Jan van den Berg (Producer), Stef Tijdink (Camera Operator), Henk van der Haar (Scenario Writer), Malgorzata Karwicka (Production Design)
Country: Netherlands
Language: Nederlands
Studio: drsFILM
Runtime: 70 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 01, 1999
IMDb: 10
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