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.
Vader
The original title is "De verstekeling" (NL).
The runtime is 90 minutes (1h 30m).
It was a co-production between: Netherlands, Uzbekistan.
The film was directed by Ben van Lieshout.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0131102.
1968
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De verstekeling
Released
Nederlands, ozbek
Netherlands, Uzbekistan
