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Rudi Meyer and Joop Landré
There was a lack of continuity in the Dutch film industry in the 1950s. The occasional film that was made was more coincidental than intentional. If one disregards children’s films and dramatised resistance films, then there were only ten full-...
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WWII and the Resistance: From LO-LKP to De overval
After WWII, Dutch film was in a state of devastation – a Stunde Null. The studios in Duivendrecht and Wassenaar had been plundered and...
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Janus van Domburg
Dutch film critic and important figure in the Catholic film world. From 1930 until 1959 he was editor for the Catholic daily newspaper De Tijd. Later, he worked as film lecturer at the Catholic University in Nijmegen.
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Pim & Wim: Scorpio Films
The Dutch Film Academy turned out an illustrious generation of students in the mid-1960s. The leaders of this group were Pim de la Parra and Wim Verstappen...
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Skoop and Skrien: A New Wind
The first issue of the new film magazine Skoop appeared in February 1963. The magazine was started up by students at the Dutch Film Academy; four of them – Pim de la Parra,...
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Kees Brusse: Underacting Does It
After De dijk is dicht, Kees Brusse’s second major role in a Dutch feature film was in Ciske de...
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Matthijs van Heijningen
Matthijs van Heijningen is without a doubt one of the most influential feature film producers in the Netherlands. With major hits such as Van de koelen meren des doods, Een vlucht...
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Jos Stelling
With his film Mariken van Nieumeghen, filmmaker Jos Stelling raised Dutch guerrilla film to a new level....
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The Critic as Guardian
After WWII, the Nederlandse Bioscoopbond (NBB) wanted to restore the old, pre-war order: a closed film industry in which distributors, showmen and producers who were affiliated with the NBB made the...
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’t Hoogt
The first arthouse cinema in the Netherlands was ‘t Hoogt in Utrecht. On 12 January 1973, the cinema was officially opened with the screening of the chaotic, anarchistic film Sho o suteyo machi e deyou (Throw Away Your Books, Rally...