The Polish Bride

The Polish Bride is a 1998 Dutch film directed by Karim Traïdia and written by Kees van der Hulst. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Cast

Jaap Spijkers as Henk Woldring
Monic Hendrickx as Anna Krzyzanowska
Rudi Falkenhagen as the pimp
Roef Ragas as the pimp's son
Hakim Traidia as the mailman
Soraya Traïdia as Krysztyna

Awards and nominations

;Golden Globe Awards

Best Foreign Language Film

;International Film Festival of Rotterdam

Awards: AUDIENCE AWARD

;Netherlands Film Festival

Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Director

;BERLIN

Award: Best European film 1999 EUROPA AWARD

;AFI American Film Institute, Los Angeles

Award: Best European Entry

;Selected for LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE Cannes 1998

Award: GRAND RAIL D'OR

;Best Film at Braunschweig Film Festival

OSCARS 1999 Represented the Netherlands

Australian adaptation

The 2007 Australian film Unfinished Sky, also starring Monic Hendrickx, is an adaptation of this film into an Australian context.