Rob Houwer

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De droomproducenten
1

De droomproducenten

Jan 01, 1984
Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.
Documentary
De Zeemeerman
4

De Zeemeerman

Oct 10, 1996
Tony is really handsome, but he smells. A scientist gives him a potion that should get rid of his fishy smell. Unfortunately, there are some serious side effects.
Comedy
Ferien
1

Ferien

Jan 01, 1962
A rich man's daughter seduces migrant workers.
Comedy
Ferien
1

Ferien

Jan 01, 1962
A rich man's daughter seduces migrant workers.
Comedy
De kleine blonde dood
6.6

De kleine blonde dood

Mar 11, 1993
The poet Valentijn Boecke meets his former teacher Mieke. They have a short relation. After a while Mieke appears to be pregnant. Valentijn is through with Mieke and leaves her...
Drama
Grijpstra & De Gier
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Grijpstra & De Gier

Sep 20, 1979
Detectives Grijpstra and De Gier are sent to investigate the case of a man who apparently hanged himself in a center for oriental meditation. It is ruled as suicide and the case seems to be closed, but the same night there is an attempted break in. The investigation hits a dead end and everyone involved is a suspect. Based on the book "The Corpse in the Haarlemmer Houttuinen” by Jan-Willem van de Wetering.
Comedy
Hoge hakken, echte liefde
5.9
A bored company owner decides to find out what it is like to be one of his workers. During his "transformation" he falls in love with a cafeteria worker. When his alter ego "The Boss" makes an inappropriate comment to his would-be girlfriend, the worker challenges his "Boss" to a Duel.
Comedy
Anmeldung
5

Anmeldung

Jun 30, 1964
An elderly lady joins an old peoples' home, but while filling in the form is lost in memories of the past.
Drama
o.k.
6.5

o.k.

Jul 16, 1970
A five-man US fireteam dig in at the Bon Song Valley (represented by the Bavarian forest) to await the end of the Easter truce with the Vietnamese. A Vietnamese girl passes by and the team rape and kill her. One refuses to take part and escapes to report the incident, but it is dismissed by his superior.
Drama
Anmeldung
5

Anmeldung

Jun 30, 1964
An elderly lady joins an old peoples' home, but while filling in the form is lost in memories of the past.
Drama
De kleine blonde dood
6.6

De kleine blonde dood

Mar 11, 1993
The poet Valentijn Boecke meets his former teacher Mieke. They have a short relation. After a while Mieke appears to be pregnant. Valentijn is through with Mieke and leaves her...
Drama
Tätowierung
6.6

Tätowierung

Jun 26, 1967
A well-off couple adopt a 16-year-old boy from an orphanage in West Berlin, but their attempts to help him assimilate into his new surroundings fail. The repressive tolerance of the well-educated adoptive parents is just too much for the mischievous young boy.
Drama
Le Quatrième Homme
6.718

Le Quatrième Homme

Mar 23, 1983
A well-off couple adopt a 16-year-old boy from an orphanage in West Berlin, but their attempts to help him assimilate into his new surroundings fail. The repressive tolerance of the well-educated adoptive parents is just too much for the mischievous young boy.
Thriller
De Zeemeerman
4

De Zeemeerman

Oct 10, 1996
Tony is really handsome, but he smells. A scientist gives him a potion that should get rid of his fishy smell. Unfortunately, there are some serious side effects.
Comedy
Das stolze und traurige Leben des Mathias Kneißl
1
The Robber Mathias Kneißl became a legend in Bavaria. The film is based on the historical criminal case and describes the last year of the rebel and folk hero. At the age of 23, he is released from prison, where he has served an unreasonably harsh six-year sentence. When this becomes known, he loses his job as a carpenter and now wants to emigrate to America with his girlfriend. He hopes to earn the money for the journey by committing crimes. In the process, he fatally wounds a gendarme. Despite this, Mathias Kneißl does not leave the area and stays in the Dachau hinterland. Only when his girlfriend betrays him is he able to find his hiding place. The farm was besieged by 300 police officers for days and then shot up. Kneißl was seriously injured and treated in a clinic in Munich before being beheaded in Augsburg in 1902.
Drama
Business is Business
5.6

Business is Business

Sep 10, 1971
The Robber Mathias Kneißl became a legend in Bavaria. The film is based on the historical criminal case and describes the last year of the rebel and folk hero. At the age of 23, he is released from prison, where he has served an unreasonably harsh six-year sentence. When this becomes known, he loses his job as a carpenter and now wants to emigrate to America with his girlfriend. He hopes to earn the money for the journey by committing crimes. In the process, he fatally wounds a gendarme. Despite this, Mathias Kneißl does not leave the area and stays in the Dachau hinterland. Only when his girlfriend betrays him is he able to find his hiding place. The farm was besieged by 300 police officers for days and then shot up. Kneißl was seriously injured and treated in a clinic in Munich before being beheaded in Augsburg in 1902.
Comedy
Romy - Portrait eines Gesichts
6.5
Documentary about young actress Romy Schneider, capturing just the right moment between her first career as a young actress in mainstream "Unterhaltungskino" ("entertainment cinema") and her second one as acknowledged European arthouse actress.
Documentary
Vivre à tout prix
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Vivre à tout prix

Apr 19, 1967
Documentary about young actress Romy Schneider, capturing just the right moment between her first career as a young actress in mainstream "Unterhaltungskino" ("entertainment cinema") and her second one as acknowledged European arthouse actress.
Drama
Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell
5.8
In medieval times, a horse merchant is forced by a noble to leave part of his stock as payment for crossing his land. Upon returning, he finds his horses near death, and when the noble refuses to compensate him, the merchant fights unsuccessfully against the injustice.
Drama
Galaxis
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Galaxis

Apr 05, 1967
In a future world devoid of men, three young women order two men to come to them and ask them which of them they would prefer.
Science Fiction
Anmeldung
5

Anmeldung

Jun 30, 1964
An elderly lady joins an old peoples' home, but while filling in the form is lost in memories of the past.
Drama
Van geluk gesproken
4.3

Van geluk gesproken

Nov 19, 1987
Alternating comedy and drama this portrait of different families on three floors in an Amsterdam building where the stairs symbolizes the suffering of known urban living alongside each other. Upstairs live two students, including the failed and unemployed singer Karin with Harrie and Wouter down with his demented mother.
Comedy
Brandende Liefde
5.1

Brandende Liefde

Sep 15, 1983
A young painter takes up French lessons with an elder lady to ensure he’ll get a grant for a French arts institute. That way he meets Anna, a beautiful married woman nursing the lady’s old father, and falls in love with her.
Comedy
Professor Columbus
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Professor Columbus

May 23, 1968
An old librarian, Professor Columbus, wants to go to the sea once in his lifetime. So he buys a big ship and takes a boat trip across the North Sea to London, accompanied by a bunch of stoned hippies, and chased by the police.
Comedy
Bübchen
6.7

Bübchen

Oct 07, 1968
In a german suburb a babysitter is too busy with her own teenage business and leaves a boy with his little sister alone. Then the girl is missing. The only way the family and society are able to deal with the horror is to ignore it and hide the truth in the closet.
Drama
Bayerischer Filmpreis
6.5

Bayerischer Filmpreis

Feb 03, 1979
Based on the true story of a group of students from Leiden, The Netherlands, this miniseries explores their experiences, different paths, and roles in World War II, either as Nazi collaborators or as members of the resistance.
Drama