Character (film)

Character
US Film poster
Directed by	Mike van Diem
Written by	Mike van Diem
Based on	Karakter by Ferdinand Bordewijk
Produced by	Laurens Geels
Starring	Jan Decleir Fedja van Huêt Betty Schuurman Tamar van den Dop Victor Löw Hans Kesting
Cinematography	Rogier Stoffers
Edited by	Jessica de Koning
Music by	Het Paleis van Boem
Production company	First Floor Features
Distributed by	Buena Vista International (Netherlands) Sony Pictures Classics (United States)
Release date	17 April 1997 (1997-04-17)
Running time	122 minutes
Countries	Netherlands Belgium
Language	Dutch
Budget	$4.5 million
Box office	$713,413

Character (Dutch: Karakter) is a 1997 Dutch-Belgian film, based on the best-selling novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk and directed by Mike van Diem. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards.^[1] The film stars Fedja van Huêt, Jan Decleir, and Betty Schuurman.