| De Omweg | |
| Director: | Frouke Fokkema |
| Producer: | Matthijs van Heijningen Erich Lackner |
| Music: | Ton van der Meer Paul Koek |
| Cinematography: | Wolfgang Simon |
| Editing: | August Verschueren |
| Distributor: | RCV Film Distribution |
| Runtime: | 98 minutes |
| Country: | Netherlands Austria |
| Language: | Dutch German |
De Omweg (English: The Detour) is a 2000 Dutch semi-biographical road movie drama written and directed by and starring Tamar van den Dop, Joachim Bißmeier, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Jan Decleir and Thom Hoffman.[1] [2] Based on Fokkema's play by the same name.
The movie was first shown at 2000's Netherlands Film Festival, where Tamar van den Dop was nominated for best actress.[3] The film later went nationwide on November 9, 2000 to few ticket sales.[4] [5] During filming van den Dop recording behind the scenes footage and discussed her own experiences on set, this would be turned into a behind the scenes documentary called, "Scheppen gaat van au!"[6]