Kenau
Sign in to saveKenau is a 2014 Dutch / Hungarian / Belgian action film directed by Maarten Treurniet. The film is inspired by the legendary story of Kenau who led an army of women in the siege of Haarlem by the Spaniards in 1573 during the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain.
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6.1While she fights a heroic battle against the Spanish besieger with her female army, Kenau, driven by hate and sorrow of the execution of her youngest daughter, is threatened to also lose her eldest daughter, because her fear and pain are covered by her stubborn closeness.
Released: 2014-03-06110 minDir: Maarten TreurnietAdventure, Action, History
Cast
- Monic Hendrickx as Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
- Barry Atsma as Wigbold Ripperda
- Lisa Smit as Gertuide
- Sallie Harmsen as Kathelijne
- Sophie van Winden as Magdalena
- Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen as Pieter Ripperda
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Key dates
- Published
- 24 April 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Netherlands
- Original language
- Dutch
- Cinematographer
- Mátyás Erdély
- Duration
- +107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 845112
- Image
- Kenau.png
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Kenau is a 2014 Dutch / Hungarian / Belgian action film directed by Maarten Treurniet. The film is inspired by the legendary story of Kenau who led an army of women in the siege of Haarlem by the Spaniards in 1573 during the Eighty Years' War between the Netherlands and Spain.
The filmmakers admitted that much of the story is fiction, such as the execution of her daughter, and the relationship with her youngest daughter. And in general there's isn't much known of the historical Kenau figure. In 1956, Haarlem archivist Gerda Kurtz demythologised the story of Kenau and her women's squabbles in his book Kenu Symonsdochter van Haerlem. According to Kurtz, it was unusual for Dutch women to fight in wartime. It seems more likely that Kenau played an active role in wall repairs.