Johan Elsensohn
1884 - 1966Kermisgasten
Jaap Speyer
Henriëtte Davids, Johan Kaart
Circus artists Jan and Annie are in possession of jewels that were - unbeknownst to them - stolen from the famous Jolly Sisters. Mistaking them for the thieves, two bumbling detectives infiltrate the Dutch theatre-life.
Kermisgasten
Tell Me Your Secrets
Haro van Peski
Johan Elsensohn, Louis de Bree
A complex thriller revolving around three characters, each with troubling pasts clouding their intersecting motives: Emma is a young woman who once loved a dangerous killer, John is a former serial predator desperate for redemption, and a grieving mother Mary who is obsessed with finding her missing daughter.
Tell Me Your Secrets
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.
Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood
Bleeke Bet
Alex Benno, Richard Oswald
Aaf Bouber, Jopie Koopman
In 1930s Amsterdam, greengrocer Bet is involved in illicit affairs with businessman Van Santen. To tighten bonds even further, Bet arranges a marriage between her handsome daughter Jans and the businessman's wacky son Hannes. Jans, however, is in love with tough sailor Ko. Based on the succesful Dutch stage musical by Herman Bouber.
Bleeke Bet
Suikerfreule
Haro van Peski
Johan Elsensohn, Louis de Bree
Dirk van der Kooy returns to the Dutch East Indies for a five year stint as the administrator of a sugar factory. His second wife Betje, however, unexpectedly decides to join him. Once there, she finds out that Dirk has a daughter from an earlier marriage, leading to misunderstandings galore...
Sugar Lady
Oranje Hein
Max Nosseck
Herman Bouber, Aaf Bouber
Mientje comes from an ordinary working class family. Her father's alcoholism threatens to put an end to her engagement to Herman, her well to do fiancée. When her parents divorce, Mientje comes into conflict with her future mother-in-law. A grim but ultimately hopeful look at marital problems, poverty, lost love and alcoholism in a working class neighbourhood in Amsterdam.
Oranje Hein
Op een Avond in Mei
Jaap Speyer
Henk Speyer, Cissy Van Bennekom
Peter Gruber, a young tenor from Vienna, gives piano lessons to Daisy, the daughter of a dentist. They fall in love and when Gruber has to perform in Antwerp, Daisy follows him there. She pretends to be an American musician and manages to get a job with Gruber's orchestra. Daisy's worried father sets off in pursuit of his daughter, accompanied by a certain miss Lola.
Op een Avond in Mei
