Max Croiset
Biography: Max Croiset (1912–1993) was a Dutch actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1934 and 1993. He starred in the film The Village on the River, which was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 13, 1912
Deathday: April 07, 1993
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Heilige Jeanne
1978-03-24
Heilige Jeanne
Overview: Dutch television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play "Saint Joan".
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1978-03-24
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De laatste dagen van een eiland
1938-09-16
De laatste dagen van een eiland
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Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1938-09-16
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Village by the River
1958-08-19
Village by the River
Overview: An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the community after one of his patients commits suicide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1958-08-19
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A Dog of Flanders
1959-03-17
A Dog of Flanders
Overview: The emotional story of a boy, his grandfather, and his dog. The boy's dream of becoming a great classical painter appears shattered when his loving grandfather dies.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-17
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The Little Ark
1972-03-01
The Little Ark
Overview: This heart-rending family-oriented drama chronicles the adventure of two Dutch children who temporarily lose their father and mother during the great flood of 1953. Fortunately, they and their animals are taken in by a salty old boatman who helps them reunite with their father.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-01
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High Heels, Real Love
1981-10-29
High Heels, Real Love
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1981-10-29
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Bygones
1987-01-29
Bygones
Overview: A film about the laborious and lengthy process of becoming old; the deterioration, dementia and eventual death of elderly parents. This is seen and experienced through the eyes of their daughter, the writer Inez Dullemen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1987-01-29
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Two Queens and One Consort
1981-10-01
Two Queens and One Consort
Overview: At the deathbed of his used-to-be militant mother an older man looks back at his childhood, when he was in love with his sensual aunt Coleta.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1981-10-01
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Dead Water
1934-10-25
Dead Water
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1934-10-25
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Charlotte
1981-02-26
Charlotte
Overview: In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents' villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother's depression, and her mother's suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. "Is my life real, or is it theater?" This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-26
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Klokslag twaalf
1936-11-05
Klokslag twaalf
Overview: On his wedding day, mere hours before the statute of limitations for his crimes expires, revengeful mobsters abduct former criminal Jean Verdier. The gang leader's daughter - who's still in love with Jean - tries to stall the police until the clock strikes twelve and he can no longer be prosecuted.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1936-11-05
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Somewhere in the Netherlands
1940-04-19
Somewhere in the Netherlands
Overview: Mobilization on the brink of the Second World War divides a husband and wife. When lawyer Frans van Loon is called up to join the mine clearance service he doesn't want to worry his wife and keeps it from her. His secretiveness leads her to believe he doesn't love her anymore. She subsequently falls for the charms of an actor. When Frans finds out, a violent quarrel ensues.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1940-04-19
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But Not in Vain
1948-12-23
But Not in Vain
Overview: Farmer Jan Alting, who has disowned his son for collaborating with the nazis, provides shelter for a Jewish couple, a wanted communist and a rebel aristocrat. When his son returns, Jan is faced with the stark moral choice of failing those to whom he has given refuge, or conspiring with them to kill his own son.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1948-12-23
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Oranje Hein
1936-10-26
Oranje Hein
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1936-10-26
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Havinck
1987-10-15
Havinck
Overview: When his wife Lydia commits suicide, succesful attorney Robert Havinck is freed from his unhappy marriage. Unfortunately, it turns out she took a complete stranger along with her, and a feeling of guilt and curiosity about her motives lead Havinck to team up with his fifteen-year old daughter to explore Lydia's final days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1987-10-15
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