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Comedy about the theft of the Brussels statue of Manneken Pis.

Kamiel (Albert Mol) steals the famous statue to impress his girlfriend Denise, the daughter of the man who is supposed to guard it (Ko van Dijk). The Belgians think the Dutch...

At first glance, the Dutch children’s film doesn’t appear to have been influenced by the ups and downs in the economic cycle of Dutch film. From 1900-1960, the production of Dutch children’s films definitely had its own dynamic that was...

In October 1957, the magazine Filmforum published an open letter to the producers of Dutch feature films. The letter was signed by seven Dutch film critics: Jan Blokker, Charles Boost,...

In his 1995 book, Hollands Hollywood, Henk van Gelder describes every Dutch feature film that was made up through 1994. It’s a long summary of titles, and Van Gelder’s taken a bit of liberty in compiling it. He’s skipped silent film...

In the early 1970s, children’s films started to change. In addition to the happy and exciting adventure films made by director Henk van der Linden, there were also other films released with a...

The oldest film festival in the world dates back to 1932, when the first Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica was organised in Venice, Italy. Venice was the only major film festival up until WWII. This began to change in 1946, when the...

Paul Rotha’s film De overval premiered on 21 December 1962. The film tells the story of several Frisian resistance fighters who liberate a...

Directly after WWII, cinema attendance reached an all-time high. In total, nearly 90 million tickets were sold in 1946 – a record that has never been (and never will be) broken. In the 1950s, attendance dropped to an average of about 65 million...