Netherlands

Kees Pulder, a doctor in a small village in the provinces, receives an unexpected visit from a friend of his student days, Hans van Inge Liedaerd, a celebrated nerve surgeon.

Nothing is quite what it seems in René Daalders’ first feature film.

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. He decides to help him where he can but the boy betrays his trust by escaping prison and turning to crime once again. He flees to the house of the judge who supplies him with an alibi for a robbery turned murder. The judge knows he is putting his career at stake but he feels it is worth it for the boy’s sake.

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 can compete in sports and games. There’s even a bicycle as a prize for the best sportsman. A burglary at a nearby farm threatens to ruin the whole enterprise - the local police think the boys at the summer camp had something to do with it. One of the boys manages to find the real culprits, however, and after an exciting chase they are caught.

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 the most popular Dutch films. The village of Giethoorn still reaps the profits from having served as the film’s scenic backdrop.

Erik Terpstra uses an amusingly distorted mirror to reflect the sexual revolution in his satirical comedy.

The internationally-known 'Four-Day' marathon walk beginning at the town of Nijmegen was chosen as the 'living décor' for this film.

Crime film with cartoon hero Dick Bos

A daring train robbery by an obscure gang called Nemesis is making headlines. When the gang members also kill a partner in a The Hague fashion house and threaten the other owners of the firm, they turns to Dick Bos for help in solving the Nemesis mystery.

Moord in het modehuis was directed by Piet van der Ham and cartoonist Alfred Mazure, who created the Dick Bos character. The lead role in this semi-professional production was played by Maurice van Nieuwenhuizen, a famous judo champion at the time.

Crime film about a journalist who gets involved with drugs smugglers on the hedonistic island of Ibiza.

In the early 1960s Ibiza became a favourite destination among Dutch artists and writers. The sunny Spanish island could not have been more of a contrast to the sombre post-war dreariness of the Netherlands and proved an inspiration to people like writers Jan Cremer, Cees Nooteboom, Harry Mulisch and photographer Cas Oorthuys.