Peter Aryans

A Dutch television series about an exiled knight and his Indian friend. Together they try to get his birthright papers back from an evil Lord. During their quest, they get help from a nobleman who offers them a place in his castle. Written by Gerard Soeteman starring Rutger Hauer and Jos Bergman and directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Ben van Rooyen buys a kris at an antique auction in Amsterdam. He suspects it is a genuine Matamaram Kris, a sacred kris with secret powers. This is confirmed by Professor Smit of the Tropical Institute. Because such a kris is of great value to the family to whom it belongs, Ben, together with his younger brother Mark, wants to go to Indonesia to find the owner. But Ben is not the only one interested in the kris.

When the police picks up a suspicious man carrying a knife, he appears to be suffering from amnesia. They send him to a special hospital to put him under observation. There, the man begins regain snippets of memory and starts to do some investigating of his own. Unfortunately, he also appears to be suffering from hallucinations which hinder his progress.