Mariken (2000 film)

Mariken is a 2000 Dutch film directed by André van Duren. The screenplay is based on Peter van Gestel's children's book Mariken, an adaptation of the early sixteenth-century text Mariken van Nieumeghen.

Plot
The story is set in the Middle Ages. Mariken is an orphan who was raised by an old man and his goat in a forest. When the goat dies Mariken decides to go to town and buy a new one. On her way she comes across many people who are either sympathetic to her or want to do her harm...

Cast

 * Laurien Van den Broeck - Mariken
 * Jan Decleir - Archibald (Theodore)
 * Willeke van Ammelrooy - Griet
 * Kim van Kooten - Isabella
 * Ramsey Nasr - Joachim
 * Dora van der Groen - Zwarte Weeuw
 * Willem Van den Broeck - Rattenjan
 * Geert Lageveen - Broeder Willem