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Kasper in the Underworld

5.8 92 mins Drama   1979
Ministerie van Nationale Opvoeding en Nederlandse Cultuur (België)   Films Van de Velde P.V.B.A.  
Director(s): Jef van der Heyden

Release Date: 01 Mon, Jan 1979

In this atmospheric psychological drama by Jef van der Heyden, concert pianist Kasper Bertheim lives under psychiatric care in Geel, haunted by the memory of a woman he believes has vanished into the underworld. After witnessing a funeral, he leaves his foster home and wanders through a surreal cityscape that seems suspended between life and death. Along the way, he encounters workers, drifters, priests and other outsiders who guide him deeper into his obsessive search. Adapted from a novel by Hubert Lampo, the film blends psychological drama with magical realism, creating an ambiguous world where madness, grief and imagination merge, and where it remains uncertain whether Kasper’s visions are delusions or glimpses of another reality.

Casts of Kasper in the Underworld

Jos Houben

as Kasper

Annelies Vaes

as Euridice

Leo Haelterman

as Dokter Molenaar

Charles Janssens

as Simon

Anita Koninck

as Leentje

Suzanne Saerens

as Alix

Lieve Berens

as Prostituée

Gaston Vandermeulen

as Benedictus

Piet Bergers

as Voorzitter

Ann Petersen

as Vrouw van de voorzitter

Marieke van Leeuwen

as Verloofde van de secretaris

Rosemarie Bergmans

as Vrouw in geel

Rik Bravenboer

as Man met seinslag

Joris Collet

as Stakingsleider

Max Schnur

as Staker

Bernard Verheyden

as Staker

Loet Hanekroot

as Priester-arbeider

Manu Verreth

as Jonathan

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