Film

Taming the Floods

1999 · 1h 10m · Documentary · Drama

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.

Jan Decleir

Frank Rigter

Andrzej Żarnecki

Lech Dyblik

Karolina Wajda

Joanna Furmaga

Jan Jurewicz

Ks. Marian Misiak

• Jan van den BergDirector · Producer
• Loran KuypersProducer
• Pim VerdonkEditor

Release date

July 1, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

Dutch

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Documentary, Drama