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De dans van de reiger
Psychological thriller about a love triangle, based on a screenplay by Hugo Claus.
The film takes its theme from the mating dance of the heron.
A woman, dissatisfied with her marriage, tries to goad her husband into ‘dancing’ for...
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Fanfare
Comedy about two competing brass bands in the village of Lagerwiede.
Bert Haanstra’s directorial debut, based on a screenplay Haanstra co-wrote with Jan Blokker. The film drew two and a half million people to the cinema and remains one of...
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De inbreker
A film that takes place on the fringes of Amsterdam, De inbreker is a smoothly constructed thriller with a good deal of humour and a romantic tinge.
Frans Weisz reached a wide audience with this film, his first feature film since...
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João en het mes
The first feature by documentarist George Sluizer is a suspense story blending racial overtones and strong dramatic action.
Filmed in the heartland of Brazil, it conveys much of the prejudiced social position and the subservient role of...
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Jongenskamp
Children’s film about a group of boys on holiday.
A quiet town is having its peace destroyed by a gang of rowdy boys. A worried inhabitant thinks they need to be taught some respect and organises a summer camp in the country where the boys...
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Onkruidzaaiers in Fabeltjesland
Feature film based on the popular Dutch doll animation television series De fabeltjeskrant.
Every evening at early bedtime, Leen Valkenier, like a modern La Fontaine, tells his fables to young and old TV viewers, never leaning on...
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Pipo en de piraten van toen
Children’s film about Pipo de Clown, a well-known character from television.
After Plom’s doll is stolen by a sailor, Pipo de Clown, Mammalou, Klukkluk and Plom chase after him. On the island Rarumba they come eye to eye with a menacing...
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Rechter Thomas
Social drama about an elderly judge who tries to keep a young delinquent on the straight and narrow.
In Rechter Thomas, an elderly judge crosses paths with a young delinquent (Ton van Duinhoven) who looks exactly like his dead son...
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Robin Hood en zijn schelmen
Children’s film about Robin Hood who frees count Andrew who has been abducted by a cruel sheik.
England’s nobles are riding off to the holy land in their droves. Count Andrew is one of them. His wife and son Robert are left behind at the...
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Sjors en Sjimmie en de rebellen
Children’s film about the well-known Dutch heroes Sjors en Sjimmie who fall into the clutches of a group of South American rebels.
Director Van der Linden is regarded as the pioneer of the Dutch children’s film. He made some forty feature...