9.048 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestWhen her husband is arrested for the rape and murder of Anneke, Inge begins to realise that everyone thinks she is partly to blame anyway.
Inspired by a true crime that gripped a whole nation for more than a decade. In the spring of 1999, the body of a 16-year-old girl was found on the outskirts of a small village in The Netherlands, next to an asylum seekers' center. ‘The Hunt’ depicts how the long and frustrating search for the perpetrator confronted the inhabitants and asylum seekers of this little Dutch town with xenophobia, racism, and bizarre and persistent conspiracy theories, fueled by social media. The crime remained unsolved for more than 12 years, until an unprecedented use of a large-scale DNA investigation finally solved the case.
Writing
Refuses easy villains, makes everyone complicit.
Acting
Community unravels through micro-aggresions and silence.
Direction
Rural Dutch banality as horror backdrop.
Creators
Willem Bosch, Michiel van Erp
Eefje Paddenburg
Fenna Schepenaer
Aus Greidanus Jr.
Evert Schepenaer
Abke Haring
Inge Schepenaer
Richelle Plantinga
Anneke Boorsma
Mara van Vlijmen
Dinie Boorsma
Hans Kesting
Rinus Boorsma
Yari van der Linden
Lukas Boorsma
Gijs Blom
Jeroen Bovenkamp
Imanuelle Grives
Joanna van der Veen
Tim Linde
Syl Frankenaar
Jack Wouterse
Kees Vormer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the 1999 murder of Nienke Kleiss in Kollum; the real DNA dragnet tested 6,600 men voluntarily.
The case reshaped Dutch forensics law and sparked Europe's first large-scale familial DNA investigation — this show basically documents legal history.
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