{{Infobox film | name = Because of the Cats | image = Niet voor de poesen.jpg | caption = | director = Fons Rademakers | producer = | writer = Hugo Claus<br>Nicolas Freeling (novel) | starring = Bryan Marshall<br>Alexandra Stewart<br>Sylvia Kristel<br>Sebastian Graham Jones | music = Ruud Bos | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1973|03|15|Netherlands|df=yes}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = Netherlands<br>Belgium | language = English | budget = }}
'''''Because of the Cats''''', released theatrically in the UK as '''''The Rape''''', is a 1973 Dutch-Belgian drama film directed by Fons Rademakers and starring Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Stewart, Sylvia Kristel and Sebastian Graham Jones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/295845 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129090918/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/295845 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-29 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | NIET VOOR DE POEZEN (1973) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2012-02-20}}</ref>
The film's Dutch title was '''''Niet voor de poezen'''''. It was based on a novel by Nicolas Freeling in the Van der Valk series.
==Plot== In Amsterdam, Inspector Van der Valk is on the trail of a group of wealthy young men who go round attacking women for entertainment.
==Cast== * Bryan Marshall as Inspector van der Valk * Alexandra Stewart as Feodora * Sebastian Graham Jones as Jansen * Anthony Allen as Erik Mierle * Ida Goemans as Carmen * Nicholas Hoye as Kees van Sonneveld * Sylvia Kristel as Hannie Troost * Delia Lindsay as Ms. Maris * Edward Judd as Mierle * Roger Hammond as Maris * Derek Hart as Kieft * Guido de Moor as Marcousis * Lous Hensen as Mevr. Van Sonneveld * George Baker as Boersma * Liliane Vincent as Mevrouw Kieft
==Production== Sylvia Kristel revealed that the nude swimming scene was very difficult to film. "It was February and the temperature was 40 degrees below freezing. I had to walk into the North sea, very gracefully, I must say. There were six other girls in the shot and they all fainted. But not me," she said.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scott's World: Nudity a Way of Life for Sylvia|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/25/Scotts-World-Nudity-a-Way-of-Life-for-Sylvia/4869370238400/|work=upi.com|date=September 25, 1981|accessdate=June 30, 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{imdb title|0069772}}
{{Fons Rademakers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Because of the Cats}} Category:1973 films Category:1973 crime drama films Category:Dutch crime drama films Category:English-language Belgian films Category:English-language Dutch films Category:Films directed by Fons Rademakers Category:Rape and revenge films Category:Belgian crime drama films Category:Films based on British novels Category:1973 English-language films Category:1970s Dutch films Category:1973 Belgian films {{Belgium-film-stub}}