IDTV Wins Second Summary Proceedings About Heineken Kidnapping Movie

On December 1, 2011 the Amsterdam Court rendered its judgment in the second summary proceedings about the Dutch movie 'De Heineken Ontvoering' (The Heineken Kidnapping). These proceedings were instituted against producer IDTV by two men who were involved in the kidnapping, Frans Meijer and Jan Boellaard. The previous case was started by Willem Holleeder (who was also involved in the kidnapping) against IDTV. In that case, Holleeder's claims were denied by the court, but this was no reason for Meijer and Boellaard to not go to court.

The movie tells the story of the 1983 kidnapping of Alfred Heineken and his driver Ab Doderer. It does not claim to be a documentary: it is based on facts, but also contains a lot of fictitious elements, including fictitious characters and storylines. The two kidnappers complained that their roles are played by actors who look like them and dress like them, and their real names are used. (In the previous case, the character who resembled