
The young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive. In the process she sees the corrupting influence of money.... (Full plot summary below)
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The young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive. In the process she sees the corrupting influence of money.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere's an infectious joy to [Monique van de Van's] presence that pulls the movie in directions Verhoeven might not have had in mind. |
| User ReviewStuart K"Katie Tippel" s'inspire de la veritable histoire de l'ecrivain hollandaise Neel Doff, une femme nee dans la misere, qui devint l'egerie d'un peintre puis l'epouse d'un grand bourgeois. Dans son film, Verhoeven presente sans ambages les conditions de vie abominables du proletariat batave a l'oree du XXe siecle. Son heroine travaille dans une teinturerie, ou les ouvrieres crachent leurs poumons dans les vapeurs toxiques, puis comme petite main chez un couturier qui finit par abuser d'elle. Sa mere la force egalement a se prostituer pour nourrir sa nombreuse fratrie. Bref, on nage dans le glauque absolu. La lueur viendra d'une bande de jeunes dandies, artistes et fetards, aux ideaux revolutionnaires, qui la sortiront de sa condition en lui ouvrant de nouveaux horizons. Non sans quelques desillusions au passage... "Katie Tippel" est un film cru, peut-etre excessif parfois, mais un condense intelligent de l'histoire sociale europeenne de la fin du XIXe siecle. |
| User ReviewSebastian HI'm not really sure of the significance of adapting Neel Doff's memoirs, but the movie is good enough that it's worth seeing. |
| User ReviewClément GCe que j'aime bien chez Verhoeven c'est qu'il arrive a mettre les femmes en valeur sans passer par la morale feministe. La plupart des films etant faits par des hommes, on ne se rend meme plus compte mais on sent que la femme reste cantonnee a un certain schema pratique. Grace a des realisateurs comme Verhoeven, Tarantino, Campion, etc. c'est bien qu'elle se remette un peu a exister. Meme si dans ce film on retombe dans la caricature mais cette fois de l'autre cote, c'est a dire l'homme en tant que "salaud". Mais je crois que le realisateur a voulu s'amuser. |
| User ReviewBen GAn evocation of the 19th c. feminine condition in Europe where there is little choice, whether you work yourself to death or you become a prostitute. Under Verhoeven's eye it become an heroic struggle for life, featuring one of the best character in European cinema ever. A must see. |
| User ReviewJesse GHandsomely mounted period drama from Paul Verhoeven. It's pretty grim but extremely involving and surprisingly enjoyable considering the bleak subject matter. Monique van de ven is impressive in the lead. Based on a true story. |
| User ReviewJames HInteresting early work by Paul Verhoeven, and he does a fine job directing. The cast is very good, the story kept me engrossed. The period detail could have been better, but otherwise a fine movie. |
| User ReviewJanne EGood rags to riches story with a difference and quite a horrid rape scene complete with erection shown. The focus on poverty reminded me a bit of "Angela's Ashes". Great perfomance from Monique Van De Ven. |
| User ReviewDrago? CAn interesting socialist-leaning movie about the struggles of life in 1880s Amsterdam. Based on the memoirs of well known icon of proletarian literature, Neel Doff, Keetje Tippel is an interesting foray into the seedy underbelly of Amsterdam's night life in the belle epoque, directed by one of my favourite 'low-brow' directors, Paul Verhoeven. Starring a young and strapping Rutger Hauer and the fantastic Monique van de Ven this is an interesting film to watch. Starting from the gutters of back-alley Amsterdam, into the workhouses and whorehouses of the city and finally into the upper class restaurants and salons Keetje Tippel is best watched as a snapshot of Amsterdam-that-was rather than some commentary on social class, which it attempts but, in my opinion, fails at completely. |
| User ReviewBen KThe source material certainly is sensational, but the whole thing is constructed as a journey from one episode to another and it's not clear that we're really seeing any sort of development that is interesting. |