Maria

Story

Synopsis

A number of residents of a nursing home, along with the nurses, go on holiday for a week. Nurse Erik recalls memories of Paolo at one of the disabled ladies, Maria. In flashbacks we get to see the tragic love story of Maria and Paolo, which took place in Italy in the 1920s. After Maria has been raped by one of the black shirts from the circle around the young Mussolini, in which Paolo also resides, Paolo is shot as a deserter when he wants to flee with Maria. In the present of the film the nurse Erik falls in love with a colleague.

Director

Peter Jan Rens

Language

Dutch

Release date

1 June 1984

Ensemble

Cast

• Peter Jan Rens

  Erik

• Jeanne Marleau

  Maria

• Liesbeth Sjollema

  Maria (young)

• 

  Huub Stapel

  Paolo Pietrosanti

• Joekie Broedelet

  Mrs. van Ooyen

• 

  Annemieke Hoogendijk

  Zuster Elisabeth

• Kika Keus

  Anneke