Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015) on Netflix
Amsterdam, 1983. Willem Holleeder, Cor van Hout and three friends who want to be gangsters settle on a plan: seize Freddy Heineken, the beer magnate, and hold him for a ransom.
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Plot summary
Five friends in Amsterdam in 1983 have ambitions to be gangsters: Willem Holleeder, Cor van Hout, Jan Boellard, Martin Erkamps and Frans Meijer. The crime they settle on is the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, who owns the Heineken brewery and is the grandson of its founder. Heineken's driver is taken as well. They intend to hold the two men until a high ransom is paid.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
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- The film tells the story of a kidnapping that led to the highest ransom ever collected up to that time, $10 million, according to a review by Rex Reed of The New York Observer.
