On the Track of Robert van Gulik
2016•1h 27m•Released
Documentary
Robert van Gulik (1910–1967) served as a diplomat, collected Chinese lutes and invented Judge Dee, yet his own country barely remembers him. Rob Rombout travels from the Netherlands to Indonesia, Japan, the United States and China, through diaries, archives and the people van Gulik still haunts. Somewhere between biography and detective story, the man and his hero merge.
Director
Rob Rombout
Writer
Rob Rombout
Languages
English, Dutch, French
Studio
Off World
Cast
Arthur Japin
Himself
Huang Jianhu
Himself
Wilt Idema
Himself
Uda Kazumi
Self
Yoshihiro Kida
Self
Paul Lee
Self
Frederic Lenormand
Self
Li Ling
Self
Yunbi Fu
Self
Shi Ye
Self
John Thompson
Self
Guido Tielman
Self
Pauline van Gulik
Self
Willem van Gulik
Self
Radinck van Vollenhoven
Self
Production
Company
Off World
Company
Zeppers
Producer
Eric Goossens
Producer
Frederik Nicolai
Producer
Frank van den Engel
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