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The Swell

The Swell

Year
2016
Length
6 x 45 min.
Genre
Drama
Director
Hans Herbots
Screenplay
Karin van der Meer | Wout Thielemans

Synopsis

“The Swell” is the spellbinding” Event” Miniseries that attracted millions of television viewers in Holland and Belgium. This gripping contemporary story explores what happens when the national flood defences of The Netherlands and Belgium start to collapse. Five million people live on land below sea level. How will major cities and rural areas survive the disastrous consequences of flooding? Could people cope with rebuilding not just their individual lives, but their entire countries too?

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Main cast

  • Gijs Scholten van Aschat
  • Janni Goslinga
  • Ad van Kempen
  • Daisy Van Praet

Cast

  • Thomas Ryckewaert
  • Ingrid De Vos
  • Joppe Degrijse
  • Lene Lanckriet
  • Tom Audenaert
  • Aart Staartjes
  • Jamelia Sanda Nana
  • Susan Visser
  • Loek Peters
  • Roos Dickmann
  • Marie-Mae Van Zuilen
  • Frank Lammers
  • Bianca Krijgsman
  • Simone Milsdochter
  • Serin Utlu
  • Bas Keijzer
  • Hubert Fermin
  • Ruurt De Maesschalck
  • Jasper Boeke
  • Tom Van Dyck
  • Sadettin Kirmiziyuz

Crew

  • director of photography Laurens De Geyter
  • editing Gert Fimmers
  • producer Ingmar Menning | Johan Nijenhuis
  • co-producer Dirk Impens
  • associate producers Hans Everaert | Alberte Gautot | Rudy Verzyck
  • production design Jan Rutgers
  • costumes Tine Verbeurgt
  • make-up & hair Marie Brabant
  • sound Arne Winderickx
  • line producer Maudy van Bree
  • 1st AD Germain Meser
  • production manager Michaël Geuns
  • production assistant Jo-Anneke Wikkerink
  • production-assistant on set Katrien Destuyver | Laurelle Bakker
  • 2nd AD Caroline Branders
  • casting Kemna Casting
  • extra director Lana Ieven | Dries Deboiserie
  • continuity Elise Van Durme
  • focus puller Didier Frateur
  • grip Tomas Van Camp | Jan Lemmens
  • gaffer Roel Tanghe | Bob Wouters
  • electricians Dieuwert Vandekerckhove| Laurens De Grande
  • set location manager Annemie Janssens
  • location hunter Ludo Volders | Reinout Vandeputte | Michaël Geuns | Willem Doorman
  • property man Sanne Rubbrecht
  • set dresser Koert Scholman
  • image post production GRID
  • sound post production Cinenumerique

Credits

  • release Belgium 28 November 2016
  • channel Eén

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