Accused

Jaap van Hoensbroeck

Detective Ron Leeflang

Lucia de Berk

Cellmate Jenny

Quirijn Herzberg

Judith Jansen

Ernestine Johansson

Fabiënne

Journalist

Mother of Deceased Baby

Antoinette

Peter

Judge Dresden

Detective Henk Bos

Examining Magistrate Krol

Prisoner

Theo Bakker

Mother of Lucia

Justice CEAS

Justice Spanjer

Chief of Staff Barbara Kobus

Prison Guard

Toxicologist Vos

Pathologist

Motel Owner

Prison Guard

Prison Guard

Grandfather of Lucia

Grandmother of Lucia

Prison Guard

Father of Deceased Baby

Young Lucia de Berk (16)

Prison Guard

Diana

Prison Guard

Prisoner with Baby

Petra

Younger Brother of Lucia

Younger Brother of Lucia

Paul Johansson

Younger Sister of Lucia

Official submission of the Netherlands to the best foreign language film category of the 87th Academy Awards 2015. Made the shortlist of 9 films.

Whistle-Blower Metta de Noo, who spent years trying to prove that Lucia was innocent, was disappointed with the outcome of this movie. In an interview with RTV Oost she stated that the case was way more complex than is shown in the movie. It's striking that in the movie the real life whistle-blowers are replaced with a fictitious young female character who worked at the OM. The 'fictitious young character at the OM' is an amalgam of Metta de Noo (and her brother) and a real-life but never identified OM-staffmember, who called Lucia's lawyer. The call boiled down to: "Your client is in prison. But we were wrong. We made a mistake." Unfortunately, there is only 90 minutes to tell a story - and to tell it in a dramatically satisfying way, so some of the (complex) elements are lost.

The movie takes place in 2001 but when Lucia's colleagues talk to the police about her, a computer monitor clearly shows the Microsoft Windows Aero interface which wasn't available until Windows Vista was released in 2006. The screen, however, looks more like Windows 7 which did not release before 2009.