Jan Musch

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Dood water
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Dood water

Oct 25, 1934
After building a dam, closing off the Zuiderzee from the sea, it effectively turns the former sea into a lake and the fishermen call it "dead water". They desperately attack the dam with spades and even explosives, culminating in tragedy.
Drama
Sterren Stralen Overal
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Worried about the ‘declining morals’ of 1950s Amsterdam, taxi driver Piet Amstel decides to emigrate to Australia. The government drive to build atomic shelters and the incessant Dutch rain only strengthen his purpose, as Amstel figures sunny Australia would make a positive change for his family. But first he needs to bring his daughter and her criminal boyfriend back on the right path.
Music
Vriend in Nood
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Vriend in Nood

May 15, 1940
George Pal's cel-animated commercial commissioned by the Dutch Cinema Association on behalf of the Bio Vacation Resort in Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands.
Animation
De spooktrein
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De spooktrein

May 10, 1939
A group of travelers find themselves stranded for the night at a deserted train station, which according to the old stationmaster, has been haunted for the last 20 years.
Horror
De Man Zonder Hart
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De Man Zonder Hart

Apr 23, 1937
When his colleague presents him with (forged) evidence of his wife Sylvette's unfaithfulness, factory owner Jean Sourdier kills him in a fit of rage. After fifteen years in prison he is determined to take revenge on his wife by killing Ninette, a daughter from her second marriage.
Drama
Myrte en de Demonen
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Myrte en de Demonen

Mar 17, 1950
Myrte and the Demons is a hallucinatory trip through a world shot in chiaroscuro in which lugubrious forest spirits take human forms at night. Myrte, symbol of good, enters into battle with evil, aided by a colorful group of fantasy creatures, including the moon. Special: Bert Haanstra made his film debut as a cameraman on the set of Myrte en de Demonen.
Fantasy
Rotvos
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Rotvos

Sep 26, 2009
When the Netherlands banned the fox-hunt in 2002, the wily canine seized its chance and infiltrated new habitats, threatening other protected species. In 2006, the Dutch government legalized the fox-hunt again. What is the meaning of this? Is man deciding the fox’s fate? Or will its instinct for survival prove stronger?
Documentary
Ik en mijn ouders - mijn ouders en ik
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In 1975, his graduation year at the Film Academy, director Gerrit van Elst captured his relationship with his father and mother and how they opposed their only child’s decision to go and study in faraway Amsterdam. Twenty-nine years later, he and his camera crew are back at his - now seriously infirm - parents. For this film, Van Elst cross-edited the footage of then and now. A revealing observation of growing old and approaching death.
Documentary
Brand
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Brand

Aug 25, 2011
Dawn and nature awake. The sun rises higher and higher, spreading its light over the modern world, getting hotter and hotter and hotter ...
Animation