Frank Groothof
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Frank Groothof is a Dutch actor and singer, best known for children's productions. He played in many Dutch children's programs such as the educational 'Het Klokhuis' and the Dutch Sesame Street. Groothof also played in many stage performances.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Adult: No
Birthday: February 14, 1947
Age: 78 years old
Gender: Male
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Hello Fellow Man
Overview: TV-adaptation of the performance by the Dutch theatre group 'Het Werkteater'. Three ladies of high society invite homeless people, homeless people and junks to spend a pleasant evening with them, in order to promote communication and integration.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1980-01-04
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Bosch en Lucht
Overview: Video registration of the German version of the performance 'Bosch en Lucht' by the Dutch theatre group 'het Werkteater'. 'Bosch en Lucht' was a performance about mentally handicapped children.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1981-07-19
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Het Werkteater 1970-1985
Overview: Documentary about the Dutch theatregroup the Werktheater. The aim of the company was to create socially relevant theater by means of cooperative processes and improvisation. They often played their performances on location, such as in hospitals, prisons, healthcare institutions and schools. In this documentary, those involved are interviewed about this remarkable theater group.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1997-09-08
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Kattengat 10
Overview: Documentairy about the progressive theatre group 'Het Werkteater' at their home base on Kattengat 10 in Amsterdam.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1975-04-20
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In for Treatment
Overview: An unsuspecting flower farmer visits the hospital to discuss some test results, only to find himself admitted without explanation for an indefinite period of further examination and observation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1979-01-11
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A Hot Summer Night
Overview: A husband, half of an entertainment duo, the Nellicos, tells his wife, who is the other half of the duo, that he has another woman. But they cannot discuss this as he tells her only just before they are due to perform in front of a large audience. (BFI)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1982-03-11
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Toestanden
Overview: "Conditions" - The improvisation-based performance was inspired by psychiatrists such as RD Laing (Family and Madness) and J. Foudraine (Who is of wood). The Werkteater played this performance 'in the den of the lion': in psychiatric institutions for patients and carers. This led to very intensive and adventurous performances in which 'a lot' always happened. Afterwards the discussions sometimes ran high, but even during the performance the audience sometimes mixed themselves in the scenes.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1976-12-22
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Precious
Overview: A 17 year old girl runs away form home and finds shelter with a 50 year old man with a psychiatric past.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-24
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The Homecoming of Ulysses
Overview: Frank Groothof tells and sings the story of Ulysses' homecoming. He is accompanied musically by the saxphone ensemble Sax et Plus. The Dutch peninsula of Schiermonnikoog forms the backdrop for the story, in which Groothof himself plays almost all carachters.
Genres: Music Comedy Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1996-12-26
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Gebroed
Overview: Television recording of the theatre play 'Gebroed' by the Werkteater from 1983. The play, written and performed by Frank and René Groothof, is about their childhood together, their relationship to each other and to their parents, their conflicts, but also their shared love for theater and music.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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The Story of Kees
Overview: This TV-film is based on a single play written by Willem Wilmink. Life in the war years through the innocent eyes of a child. Kees is ten years old and the Second World War seems strange to him. He becomes sick with fear and is sent to the countryside where life is even stranger, but at least he gets to eat.
Genres: Family War TV Movie
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1989-09-21
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Kees de Jongen
Overview: This is a stage registration of the musical theatre play 'Kees de Jongen' by Dutch actor Frank Groothof and the Avant-garde music band De Kift. The play is based on the novel with the same title by Theo Thijssen about the rich imagination of an ordinary boy from Amsterdam at the turn of the century.
Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-01-27
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The Blue Bus
Overview: Detective Wikkobus suffers from 'the blues'. After fifty-five years of letting other people dictate his life, without having taken any initiative, only hanging around the blues café, drinking whiskey and searching for things that don't matter anyway, he has had enough of it. Wikkobus decides to go and find himself because, as he knows: 'Hell is what you make of it.'
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2010-04-17
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De Schoorsteenveger
Overview: A chimney sweep’s daredevil antics are meant to keep a young woman from jumping off the roof. But does she really want to jump? Or does he maybe? A street sweeper is watching and passes the hat round for our hero. Or is he part of the act too?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1992-03-01
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Giovanni
Overview: The successful photographer Diane is in Rome for a photo assignment, but seems mostly to be looking for Giovanni, an old acquaintance and probably a lover. Against the backdrop of the political situation, which is strained due to the attacks by the Red Brigades, Diane and Giovanni hopelessly pass each other by.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1983-09-22
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2002: Een bijzonder geschenk
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2002-12-05
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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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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2000
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2000-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2001
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2001-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2003: Pieter de vreemdeling
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2003-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2004
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2004-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2006
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2006-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2007
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2007-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2008
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2008-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2009
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2009-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2010
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2010-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2012
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-12-05
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Sinterklaas in Sesamstraat 2011
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Genres: TV Movie Family
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2011-12-05
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