Lex Goudsmit
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Biography: Lex Goudsmit (1913–1999) was a Dutch-Belgian actor. He became famous in 1966 for playing Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, which role he performed some 1100 times in the Netherlands and in London. He played many characters on Dutch television, among others in the popular youth series Q en Q (1974) and Thomas en Senior (1985–88). From 1984 to 1999 he played Grandpa Lex on Sesamstraat, the Dutch version of Sesame Street. Goudsmit was one of the artists who recorded the song Shalom from Holland (written by Simon Hammelburg and Ron Klipstein) as a token of solidarity to the Israeli people, threatened by missiles from Iraq, during the first Gulf War in 1991.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brussels, Belgium
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Birthday: March 15, 1913
Age: 112 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 10, 1999
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De klop op de deur
Overview: As years pass, the Craets-Goldeweyn family must cope with the disappearance of the familiar and the inescapable new that imposes itself.
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Original Language: nl
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De Speeltuin
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The Stranding
Overview: In Rotterdam, Baas (Lex Goudsmit) sells a batch of fake diamonds to a gang of international con-men. They pay in dollars: a suitcase full of banknotes is sent on a ship from Rotterdam to Hamburg. The wife of one of the gang members (played by Josephine van Gasteren – sister of director Louis) accompanies it to keep an eye on things. But the ship strands off the island of Terschelling and a race ensues between Baas, the gang, the shipowner and the insurer to get to the ship first and secure the case of money.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1957-06-21
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Oom Ferdinand en de toverdrank
Overview: Three children and their uncle find a magic painting in the uncle's attic. When they pronounce a spell, a lady named Esmeralda emerges from the painting. The lady must return to the painting, unless certain conditions are fulfilled. A magic drink, which makes them invisible, should help them. Two thieves (who seem to like nothing but cakes) kidnap one of the children to require a ransom. And it is found that a man, the father of Peter Faber (that's the name of an actor too, but not in this movie) is needed for help. That is not easy, since the they are not on friendly terms with Peter and his father.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Pinkeltje
Overview: The gnomes Pinkeltje and Pinkelotje are visiting Dick Laan, the writer of the books about them. In a meanwhile, two assistents of professor Ludwig von Cleve found where the other Pinkels live and kidnapped some important Pinkels. Professor Ludwig von Cleve puts them in a doll house to expreiment on them. Dick Laan, Pinkeltje and Pinkelotje made up a tricky plan to rescue the captured Pinkels.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1978-06-28
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Frank and Eva
Overview: The story of a man who goes out looking for hamburgers, while he has a beautiful steak at home. Frank and Eva can't live together, but can't live without each other either. Frank has sex with every woman he can get, while Eva wants to start a family.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1973-08-22
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The Lucky Star
Overview: In the war-torn Netherlands, a local Jewish boy has vivid escapist fantasies of being in a Hollywood western where good always triumphs.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-28
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The Gang Next Door
Overview: A gang of city children is secretly practicing to enter a musical competition. All of them plunder their parents' supplies in order to build their own stage and amplifiers. Baffled by these unexplained thefts, the parents decide to hold a meeting as their suspicions turn to a group of camper folks living across from their flat. The tables are turned when the residents take a camping holiday of their own and end up being mistrusted by the locals as much as they themselves did their own neighbors. Meanwhile, the children's gang meets a rival group of kids who are planning to enter the same competition.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1980-12-18
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The Last Train
Overview: The film is set in a signalman's house during the German occupation. When it turns out that the mother has committed adultery with a German, things start to go downhill for the father. Germans take over his land, and his children fend for themselves.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1975-09-04
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Thomas en Senior op het Spoor van Brute Berend
Overview: Als Senior op een dag wat doelloos door de stad slentert, wordt zijn aandacht getrokken door slopers die een oud pand neerhalen. Tussen het puin ontdekt Senior een oud scheepsmodelletje. Hij neemt het mee naar huis en begint met het bestuderen van oude scheepsjournalen en zeekaarten. Thomas toont ook belangstelling en voordat hij het weet belandt hij samen met zijn vrienden en Senior in een nieuw avontuur.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1985-11-21
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Peter en de Vliegende Autobus
Overview: Young Peter has a difficult time adjusting at school having been confined to a wheelchair after an accident. He still wants to participate in the school outing and play and wants to come up with a way to make the play actors 'fly' like fairies. By chance the local inventor Quirinus Drijfhout and his son Felix have just perfected their 'Zerostraler', a machine that can make any object float in mid air.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1976-12-22
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Martijn en de magiër
Overview: Martijn krijgt weinig aandacht van zijn ouders, die een dorpsbazaar drijven, en is veel op zichzelf aangewezen. Hij heeft fantasie genoeg, maar kan niet voldoen aan de verwachtingen die men van hem heeft. Als hij blijft zitten op school, is de boot aan. Alleen opa in het bejaardenhuis begrijpt hem en luistert naar zijn verhalen. Als er een filmploeg in zijn woonplaats neerstrijkt om een sprookjesfilm op te nemen, wordt Martijn tot hoofdrolspeler gekozen en opa krijgt de rol van tovenaar.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1979-07-05
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Het wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel
Overview: Comedian Wim Sonneveld wants to quit his most beloved character, organ grinder Willem Parel. Parel, however, has his own opinion on the subject and decides to save himself from his creator. After leaving the dressing room poster, Parel sets out into the Netherlands to start a organ grinders revolt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1955-02-11
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The Good Hope
Overview: Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulous and stingy man who skimps on repairs and Barend becomes aware of this. Inevitably there is drama and tragedy. The film is set in an early 20th century Dutch fishing village with local period costume and colour.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1986-08-07
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The Angel of Amsterdam
Overview: The Lord sends his archangel Raphael to earth to finish some unresolved matters. Raphael ends up in Amsterdam and gets entangled in local troubles, including womenemancipation, secularisation and the impending restructuring of the city center. The musical alludes to local, then topical issues. This musical was on the occasion of the seven hundredth anniversary of the city of Amsterdam, and loosely based on 'Gijsbrecht van Aemstel', the 17th-century history play by Joost van den Vondel.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1977-12-26
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Bicycling to the Moon
Overview: A gentle comedy about three brothers, each of whom inherited something of their deceased father’s personality. Their paths keep crossing in curious ways.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1963-01-24
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1987
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1987-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1988
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1988-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1990
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1990-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1991
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1991-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1992
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1992-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1993
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1993-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1994
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1994-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1995
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1995-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1996
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1996-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1997
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1997-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1998
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1998-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 1999
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1999-12-05
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Alicia
Overview: 'Alicia' is a Dutch erotic film directed by Wim Verstappen, based on an original screenplay by Wim Verstappen and Charles Gormley. Alicia, a bored hosewife, leaves her husband and children in search of adventure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1974-09-25
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Melancholy Tales
Overview: A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get back to the sea, away from his clarinet playing wife. A shopkeeper in a rowboat gets into an argument with a postman on a bicycle.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1975-03-20
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