Ank van der Moer
Biography: Anna Maria ‘Ank’ van der Moer (1912 – 1983) was a Dutch actress. Considered one of the greatest Dutch actresses of the 20th century, Van der Moer was often called the ‘Queen of the Leidseplein’ (the theatre hotspot of Amsterdam). Famous for her stage performances in classic plays like Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Vondel’s Gysbrecht van Amstel, Chekhov’s Three Sisters, Tennessee Williams’s The Rose Tattoo and both Euripides’s and Goethe’s version of Iphigneia, she also appeared in several Dutch films.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 23, 1912
Deathday: March 28, 1983
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The Mystery of the Moonlight Sonata
1935-11-07
The Mystery of the Moonlight Sonata
Overview: When Erica Maerlant is shot dead during a secret dance rehearsal at her luxurious villa, the Maerlant household turns out to be a serpent's nest of intrigue where everyone has a motive for the murder.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1935-11-07
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VD
1972-12-21
VD
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1972-12-21
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That Joyous Eve...
1960-10-27
That Joyous Eve...
Overview: The story of three torn apart families on the verge of Sinterklaasavond, the Dutch equivalent of Christmas Eve.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1960-10-27
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Song of Spring
1936-04-01
Song of Spring
Overview: An out of work engineer is hired as the private chauffeur of a rich playboy, and has to drive to Vlissingen to pick up the latter's fiancée. On the way back from Vlissingen, the car breaks down and the engineer and the fiancée travel to Rotterdam to get some spare parts -- a trip full of amorous entanglements and mistaken identities.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1936-04-01
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Forty Years
1938-01-10
Forty Years
Overview: This government commissioned film -- made on the occasion of the forty year anniversary of queen Wilhelmina's reign -- chronicles the lives of two Dutch families from 1898 to 1938 against the backdrop of the social and political events of the times. It shows the emergence of trade unions, the troubled years of the First World War, the development of aviation and Schiphol airport, the Dutch East Indies and the lives of the Dutch royal family.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1938-01-10
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De Man Zonder Hart
1937-04-23
De Man Zonder Hart
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1937-04-23
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