Film

Katie Tippel

6.4

1h 42m

1975

Synopsis

In the late 19th-century, the Tippel family moves to rural Stavoren in search of greener pastures. However, their dreams are quickly shattered, as teenage Katie is terrorized by a male-dominated society who only see her as an object. Her situation worsens when, following her father's sacking and her elder sister's descent into alcoholism, her mother decides that, rather than starving, Katie becomes a prostitute.

Director

Paul Verhoeven

Trailer

DramaHistory

rapeamsterdam, netherlandsdysfunctional familypovertybased on memoir or autobiographyperiod dramaforced prostitutionhistorical dramasanitorium19th centuryteenage prostitution1880s