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Riphagen
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thumb|right | alt=Photograph of Dries Riphagen. Police mugshots, probably made after a police arrest in 1941 | Photograph of Dries Riphagen. Police mugshots, probably made after a police arrest in 1941 Riphagen: The Untouchable () is a 2016 Dutch drama film directed by Pieter Kuijpers about Dries Riphagen, a Dutch criminal who collaborated with Nazi Germany.
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6.5Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1944, during World War II. Andries Riphagen, a powerful underworld boss, has made his fortune by putting his many criminal talents at the service of the Nazi occupiers. But the long battle is about to end and the freedom fighters, who have been persecuted and murdered for years, are abandoning their hideouts to mercilessly hunt down those who have collaborated with the killers.
Cast
- Jeroen van Koningsbrugge as Andries Riphagen
- Kay Greidanus as Jan van Liempd
- Lisa Zweerman as Greetje Riphagen
- Anna Raadsveld as Betje Wery
- Antoinette Jelgersma as Esther Schaap
- Sigrid ten Napel as Lena van Liempd
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- amsterdam, netherlands
- world war ii
- jew persecution
- crime boss
- biography
- based on true story
- historical figure
- criminal underworld
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thumb|right | alt=Photograph of Dries Riphagen. Police mugshots, probably made after a police arrest in 1941 | Photograph of Dries Riphagen. Police mugshots, probably made after a police arrest in 1941 Riphagen: The Untouchable () is a 2016 Dutch drama film directed by Pieter Kuijpers about Dries Riphagen, a Dutch criminal who collaborated with Nazi Germany.
== Plot == At the height of WWII in the Netherlands, Dries Riphagen and one of his associates find a Jewish woman in hiding; however, he informs the woman, Esther Schaap, that he wants to help her and other Jews in hiding, claiming because he was married to a Jewish girl who died. He treats Esther with hospitality and even has his photo taken with her, eventually gaining her trust. She tells all the other Jews she knows who are in hiding that they can trust Riphagen with their valuables.
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