Mariken

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 External links https://web.archive.org/web/20150523204143/http://www.filmtotaal.nl/nederlandse_film.php?id=818