The Stowaway
1997, Dutch. Directed by Ben van Lieshout.
Orazbaz, who lives in Uzbek, longs to leave his tiny fishing village. He becomes a stowaway on a ship thinking that he will end up in Manhattan. Instead he ends up in Rotterdam and is taken in by a lonely woman, but he is eventually betrayed by her jealous husband.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Dutch
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Ben van LieshoutDirector
- Bekzod MukhammadkarimovOrazbai
- Ariane SchluterKatharina
- Rick van GastelMaarten
- Dirk RoofthooftZeeman
- Sjamoerat OetemratovVader
- Culnar AidzjanavaAydin
- Roef RagasCollega Zeeman
- Ad van KempenKapitein
- Karamat PrimbetovIso
- Leda EluevaBibigul
- Hans MagnusVreemdelingenpolitie
- Ruurt de MaesschalckVreemdelingenpolitie
Details
- Released
- 1 October 1997
- Original title
- De verstekeling
- Country
- Netherlands, Uzbekistan
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The Stowaway runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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The Stowaway isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 October 1997. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Stowaway?
If you liked The Stowaway, try The Young One, The River, Not Without Hope.
Who directed The Stowaway?
The Stowaway (1997) was directed by Ben van Lieshout and stars Bekzod Mukhammadkarimov, Ariane Schluter, Rick van Gastel.