Floris von Rosemund

Knight Floris van Roozemond (spelling varies with o/oo, s/z and d/dt), accompanied by the Indian Sindala (Bergman), returns home from a trip around the world only to find his castle occupied by Maarten van Rossum, the commander in chief of Charles, Duke of Guelders.

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Floris

Screenshot of Rutger Hauer as Floris on the right
Format Television drama series
Created by Paul Verhoeven
Starring Rutger Hauer
Jos Bergman
Hans Boskamp
Country of origin Netherlands
No. of episodes 12 episodes
Production
Running time 27 minutes[1]
Broadcast
Original channel NTS
Original run October 15, 1969 –
December 21, 1969[2]

Floris is a 1969 Dutch television action series, written by Gerard Soeteman starring Rutger Hauer and Jos Bergman and directed by Paul Verhoeven.

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[edit] ConceptThe success of television series like the British Ivanhoe, the French Thierry La Fronde and the Flemish Johan en de Alverman inspired Carel Enkelaar, manager of NTS (forerunner of NTR) to make a similar series, set in the Netherlands. It was written by Gerard Soeteman. The series, though filmed in black & white, was very successful, and had many reruns through the years. It has also been shown in East Germany and Scotland dubbed in English.

Floris von Rosemund
D 1973
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1975. 19-tlg. dt. Abenteuerserie von Ferry Radax und Werner Schneyder, Regie: Ferry Radax.
Der junge Ritter Floris (Rutger Hauer) und sein Freund und Helfer Sindala (Derval de Faria) ziehen durch die Lande und Wälder, setzen sich für die Armen und Schwachen ein und für die Gerechtigkeit. Floris ist ein abenteuerlustiger Kämpfer, der mit dem Schwert umgehen kann, Sindala ein orientalischer Magier, der durch Illusionen und Tricks die Gegner verwirrt. Diese Gegner sind vor allem Herzog Grauberg (Ferdy Mayne), General von Rossum (Fred Stillkrauth) und sein trotteliger Sergeant (Peter Pickl), die Floris und Sindala ständig Fallen stellen und sie verfolgen, aber nie erwischen. Zu Floris’ Verbündeten gehört noch Viola (Simone Rethel), die Kammerdienerin einer Gräfin.
Aus turbulenten Fluchtszenen und Sindalas ulkigen Überlistungstricks zog die Serie ihre komischen Momente. Sie war eine Neuauflage der äußerst erfolgreichen niederländischen Serie “Floris”, in der ab 1969 ebenfalls Rutger Hauer die Titelrolle gespielt hatte und die 1977 in der DDR unter dem Titel Floris – Der Mann mit dem Schwert gezeigt wurde. Die 25 minütigen deutschen Folgen, zum Teil in Ungarn gedreht und im Gegensatz zur holländischen Version in Farbe, liefen im regionalen Vorabendprogramm.

Knight Floris van Roozemond (spelling varies with o/oo, s/z and d/dt), accompanied by the Indian Sindala (Bergman), returns home from a trip around the world only to find his castle occupied by Maarten van Rossum, the commander in chief of Charles, Duke of Guelders. Charles, who controls Guelders, is involved in a power struggle against Philip the Handsome who rules the Burgundian Netherlands, the rest of the Low Countries. Floris had so far been neutral due to his absence, but after he finds his castle stolen, he sides with Wolter van Oldesteijn, who is allied with Burgundy against Charles, Duke of Guelders. Charles and Maarten van Rossum are aided by the Frisian pirate Greate Pier partly as an ally, and partly to do the dirty work.

Apart from Sindala and Floris, all the characters are based on historical figures. Another divergence from history is the presence of the pirate Greate Pier: although a contemporary, he was not active as a pirate before the death of Philip the Handsome. In the series Pier is either guarded or surrounded by members of the Arumer Zwarte Hoop (called “Gelderse Friezen” in the series).

Although intended as a children’s series, it was very popular with adults; for example, Floris’ sword fight with two swords in the castle in the first episode looks surprisingly realistic. The series also had an educational element: customs, like timekeeping with bells and the origin of words such as ‘vernagelen’, being explained by example. While Floris is portrayed as a typical knight-hero – not too bright but a good swordsman – Sindala is the clever one, using oriental scientific knowledge for practical applications (which also had educational value).

Locations included the medieval castle of De Doornenburgh, close to Doornenburg in the Dutch province Gelderland (part of the historical Guelders), and the Belgian cities of Bruges and Ghent. [3]

The series was the first major undertaking of both Hauer and Verhoeven, as well as their first collaboration. It was followed by Turkish Delight (Turks Fruit) and Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje); ideas not used for the series were later included in the film Flesh & Blood,[citation needed] also directed by Verhoeven with Hauer in the lead role.

[edit] ProductionFinding actors for the series was a problem because television was still regarded as inferior to the theatre. Hauer was introduced to Verhoeven as “maybe not such a good actor, but he will do and dare anything”. Verhoeven was indeed worried by Hauer’s lack of acting experience, but he looked good physically, could handle swords and ride horse well and did most of his stunts himself. The original name of the series was ‘Floris and the Fakir’ and Verhoeven used ‘two shot’ filming just in case. Hauer learned the TV acting fast enough.[3]

For the time it was a major production with 80 actors and 2500 extras. Verhoeven overspent the budget of 355.000 guilders by more than 300%, (the total production costs cannot be calculated exactly anymore, but are estimated to be ƒ1,200,000 or €545,000). When this became clear, it was already too late to stop the production because Verhoeven used ‘vertical planning’, in which the filming was done per actor instead of per episode. Stopping the production would mean that all work was lost. As a TV production of this scale had never been done before in the Netherlands, there was a lot of pioneering. Recordings were usually made in the studio, but Floris was mostly shot outside. Everyone on the set, including Verhoeven, had to learn the trade as they went. Tasks were also not strictly delineated, like they are these days; everyone was a bit of a jack of all trades. “We didn’t stand with our arms folded smoking a cigarette when it wasn’t our turn”. Ironically, finding good locations for this TV production was difficult because the popularity of television had resulted in transmitting antennas being ubiquitous.[3]

[edit] EpisodesEpisode 1: Het gestolen kasteel (The Stolen Castle)

Episode 2: De koperen hond (The Copper Dog)

Episode 3: De zwarte kogels (The Black Bullets)

Episode 4: De man van Gent (The Man from Gent)

Episode 5: De harige duivel (The Hairy Devil)

Episode 6: De vrijbrief (The Pass Papers)

Episode 7: De drie narren (The Three Fools)

Episode 8: De alruin (The Mandrake)

Episode 9: Het brandende water (The Burning Water)

Episode 10: De wonderdoener (The Miracle Man)

Episode 11: De Byzantijnse beker: Het tournooi (The Byzantine Goblet: The Tournament)

Episode 12: De Byzantijnse beker: De genezing (The Byzantine Goblet: The Healing)