Taming the Floods
1999, Dutch. Directed by Jan van den Berg.
Taming the Floods fulfills the dream of the landscape architect Jan Dijkstra: he can design an area in Poland that is regularly flooded by the river. Dijkstra wants to create a large nature reserve where people no longer have any influence: an area where the river can run its course and wolves can be set free. The fanatical landscape architect however does not bear in mind the needs of the local people. His younger colleague David is eventually sent to Poland to get things organised. Taming the Floods is a mixture of documentary and feature in which all the scenes are borrowed from situations which really happen or have happened. Alongside actors, roles are played by the local people, including farmers and a priest.
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- 1h 10m
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- Dutch
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- 1 July 1999
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Taming the Floods isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 July 1999. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Taming the Floods?
If you liked Taming the Floods, try Van Gogh: Painted with Words, All That Breathes, Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet.
Who directed Taming the Floods?
Taming the Floods (1999) was directed by Jan van den Berg and stars Jan Decleir, Frank Rigter, Andrzej Żarnecki.