Kees Brusse

Tasten in het duister

Stephan Brenninkmeijer

Cynthia Abma, Michael van Buuren

Mensen van morgen

Kees Brusse

Francien de Wit, Hansje Fischer

Young Dutch people talk frankly to director Kees Brusse about love, faith, sex and society.

Ciske de Rat

Wolfgang Staudte

Dick van der Velde, Kees Brusse

“Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. Excellent camera movement and delicate portraying of Ciske’s fragile soul put this film out of merely historical context and ensure its place in the history of great cinema.

De overval

Paul Rotha

Ab Abspoel, Henk Admiraal

In 1944 Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, a band of Dutch resistance fighters plot to covertly rescue dozens of compatriots from the local Nazi prison.

Dokter Pulder Zaait Papavers

Bert Haanstra

Kees Brusse, Ton Lensink

A small town doctor gets a visit from a former study-friend. He doesn't know this former surgeon has become a junkie that wants to steal his morphine.

Merijntje Gijzen's Jeugd

Kurt Gerron

Marcel Krols, Piet Bron

Merijntje Gijzen is a small boy growing up in Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. One day, out on one of his walks, he meets infamous poacher 'De Kruik,' and the two become friends. De Kruik is in love with Janekee but she is more interested in the new village policeman.

De zaak M.P.

Bert Haanstra

Albert Mol, Ko van Dijk

Kamiel steals the famous Brussels statue of Manneken Pis to impress his girlfriend Denise, the daughter of the man who is supposed to guard it. The Belgians, however, wrongly accuse the Dutch of having stolen their statue and hit back by stealing the statue of Hansje Brink.

Vroeger kon je lachen

Bert Haanstra

Simon Carmiggelt, Kees Brusse

Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.

Rooie Sien

Frans Weisz

Willeke Alberti, Beppie Nooij Jr

After her mother -- a prostitute -- is murdered by her father, Sien is raised by her grandparents. Instead of a bourgeois life with grocer's son Gerrit van Buren, she chooses for an adventurous life with toutman Jan Meier. She follows him and becomes a revue artist in an Amsterdam cabaret, until her father comes to see her...

Dakota

Wim Verstappen

Kees Brusse, Monique van de Ven

A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his DC3/Dakota plane in the air. Excellent attention to detail and the beautiful backdrop of the Caribbean make this seldom seen much loved Dutch classic well worth watching.

De Dijk is Dicht

Anton Koolhaas

Kees Brusse, Henny Alma

Bert Verbloeme has survived the war but lost the love of his life. Now he suffers from a depression and has to learn how to live a meaningful life again.

VD

Wim Verstappen

Kees Brusse, Sonja Barend

Cornelis van Doorn is the CEO of VD, a meat factory as well as a developer of contraceptives. Cornelis is the patriarch of the Van Doorn family: a decadent bunch of loose morals who only lust for money and power. When the man is thinking about retiring, he has to find the right heir to take over the family business.

Jenny

Willy van Hemert

Ellen van Hemert, Maxim Hamel

The girls of competitive rowing club Nereus are hoping to win the women’s eight. One of them, Jenny, falls for an art dealer and becomes pregnant. Her friends at the club, her coach and her father all pitch in to help. The first Dutch feature length colour film.

Man, vrouw, hondje

Nicole van Kilsdonk

Anneke Blok, Kees Brusse

When Louise (70) and Max (72) meet, it is love at first sight: they abandon their sleepy lives and travel to the South of France, where they become the terrors of the 'Route du Soleil'. They rip off naïve tourists with their act as a sad old couple: a second youth that goes further than their wildest dreams. Based on a true story.

Een Pak Slaag

Rimko Haanstra, Bert Haanstra

Kees Brusse, Paul Steenbergen

Hein Slotter, unpopular director of a pram factory, reluctantly agrees to celebrate his 25th anniversary. His only wish is that his successor and mentor, Slieps, gives a speech. Unfortunately Slieps is quite senile and only occasionally has a bright moment. Meanwhile, the party committee learns of a rumor concerning Slotter's younger days and plans to embarrass him during this festive occasion.

Kermis in de Regen

Kees Brusse

Guido de Moor, André van den Heuvel

After being released from prison a career criminal wants to start a new life. To finance this new life he decides to rob a small-town bank during a funfair. Meanwhile, he's trying to get rid of a women who can tie him to a previous crime.