Originally released as a motion picture. Based on the novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk. Jan DeCleir, Fedja Van Huêt, Betty Schuurman, Tamar Van Den Dop, Victor Löw, Hans Kesting.
Summary:
Dreverhaven is dead. The city's most feared bailiff, the curse of the poor, the agent of law without compassion--discovered with a knife through his heart. A self-taught lawyer who just passed his exams was the last person to see Drevehaven alive. Now, the police want to know why he visited the old man, and the young barrister is ready to tell the story of a lifetime.
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