Thieves of the Wood

Thieves of the Wood is a 10-episode historical drama based on the life of the 18th-century outlaw leader Jan de Lichte, a native of Aalst in Belgium. It became available to English/Spanish-speaking and Spanish-speaking viewers on Netflix in January 2020. It was first made available in Belgium on the Proximus television network and is now being broadcast on the public network by the VTM channel.

Based on the 1957 novel De bende van Jan de Lichte by Louis Paul Boon, Thieves of the Wood presents Jan de Lichte as not merely a highwayman but as a champion of the oppressed lower classes, a kind of Flemish Robin Hood. During the War of the Austrian Succession, Jan de Lichte operated in the countryside in the vicinity of Aalst.

Christophe Dirickx and Benjamin Sprengers adapted the series for television, while Robin Pront and Maarten Moerkerke direct. Filming occurred throughout the fall of 2016 and the winter and spring of 2017. Much of the filming took place in Kluisbos woodland near Kluisbergen and a few days in March 2017 at the market in Veurne and Wulveringem at Beauvoorde Castle. Filming also took place in Hasselbroekstraat and Kasteelstraat in Gingelom and Bokrijk park, Gravensteen castle, and the Sahara, a nature preserve near Lommel.

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Link film: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81054827

Original release: 2018-2020