Dutch film history

This database contains information about film in the Netherlands, and is gradually being expanded. At this moment, you can find information about early films (from ca. 1900-1930) and about experimental films.

Note: Many records provide information about a film, but do not show the film itself (due to copyright restrictions, or because the film has been lost over the course of time). Click here to see a list of films that can actually be viewed.

 

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    Drie weken huisknecht

    Comedy about an impoverished nobleman who changes places with his valet.

    A young nobleman has fallen on lean times and is forced to sell his castle to a rich butcher. The butcher and his family move in straight away and the nobleman, who...

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    Elckerlyc

    This film adaptation of the medieval morality play ‘Den Spiegel der Salighijt van Elckerlijc’ (Everyman) was filmed in Het Gravensteen, a 13th century castle in the Belgian town of Ghent.

    During the summer of 1974, two hundred...

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    Fietsen naar de maan

    Social drama about three dysfunctional brothers.

    Evert, Henk and Dick are the sons of a father blessed with three qualities that balanced each other out: a charming clumsiness, an unerring sense of business and an artistic sensibility....

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    Flanagan

    Paul Flanagan has served an eight-year sentence for his part in a robbery. He has been released, unexpectedly, and renews his contact with his girl friend, Cathy, and his half-brother, Peter Babel, both of whom deserted him in his time of need....

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    Kermis in de regen

    Crime film about a petty thief who tries to get a witness to a car robbery killed.

    In 1962, the celebrated actor Kees Brusse made his feature film directorial debut with Kermis in de regen (Fair in the rain). It’s a psychological...

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    Louisa, een woord van liefde

    Pierre Drouot and Paul Collet's film L'étreinte (The Embrace) - a kind of intimate Story of O - assured them a somewhat scandalous reputation. Their poetic-impressionistic Louisa, een woord van liefde (Louisa, a Word of Love) proved...

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    Een ochtend van zes weken

    Jimmy, a racing driver meets Annette, a model from Paris at the Zandvoort circuit.

    They both use their work as a means of escape, and during their brief affair neither of the two has the courage to be their true self. The subsequent series...

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    Plantage Tamarinde

    Social drama about a plantation owner who sees his world collapse around him.

    Planter Sjon Jan van Leent's familiar world is changing. His son is a disappointment, his daughter marries an educated black man, his wife dies and the plantation...

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    Rififi in Amsterdam

    Crime film about an ex-criminal who is pursued by a gang of hoodlums.

    The ‘Rififi’ films were French policiers, a popular genre in the 1960s. They formed the inspiration for producer Joop Landré’s home-grown thriller Rififi in Amsterdam. It...

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    Sensations

    Pornographic film by Lasse Braun about two young women in Amsterdam who go in search of erotic adventures.

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