Dick Scheffer
Also Known As: Dick Schefer
Biography: Dick Scheffer, pseudonym of Isaäc Komkommer, was a Dutch actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Birthday: June 21, 1929
Deathday: November 24, 1986
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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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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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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Turkish Delight
Overview: Eric, a gifted sculptor, has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1973-02-22
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Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
Overview: Amsterdam is besieged by an alliance of Kennemers and Waterlanders, prepared to exact heavy vengeance on lord Gysbreght van Aemstel, the last remaining murderer of count Floris V. Filmed performance of Joost van den Vondel's classic play.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1957-01-09
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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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The Lift
Overview: A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1983-05-11
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Fien
Overview: Four-part musical about the life of Dutch actress Fien de la Mar, chronicling her earliest days on stage with her father, her glory days as a stage and movie star and the building her own theatre, up until the tragic end of her life.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1985-10-13
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One People
Overview: Back in his native Suriname to see his dying mother, an Afro-Surinamese student from the Netherlands’ former colony finds himself torn between his Amsterdam-based life with his white Dutch girlfriend and a future in his newly independent homeland when he falls for a local Hindostani nurse.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1976-05-18
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Lifespan
Overview: Cult icon Klaus Kinski features in this dark and intriguing existential thriller. He plays the mysterious "Swiss Man" - ruthless industrialist Nicolas Ulrich - who is obsessed with a search for the elixir of life. He tricks a young American scientist into joining him on his demonic quest. A quest that ends in suicide, death and madness. The story takes place in the atmospheric European city of Amsterdam. Its winding alleys and ancient canals trap the characters in a labyrinthine maze as they find themselves manipulated like figures on a giant chess board.
Genres: Drama Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-05
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