Cissy Van Bennekom
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Francisca Wilhelmina 'Cissy' van Bennekom (1911-2005) was a Dutch actress. She was known for her fiery temperament and clashes with many directors she worked with.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Haarlem
Adult: No
Birthday: July 19, 1911
Age: 113 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: March 01, 2005
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Amsterdam bij nacht
Overview: Drummel is an accountant who gets acquainted with the Amsterdam nightlife. He and his secretary Mary are suspected for having committed theft.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1937-01-07
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My Wife's Family
Overview: Comedy of errors centred around a piano and the baby of a servant girl whose existence is unknown to all, based on the play 'A house full of strife' by A. Duprez and A. Milo Bennet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1935-02-22
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The Tars
Overview: After serving in the Royal Navy, Manus, Toon and Dries return to Amsterdam working-class quarter 'the Jordaan'. Back home, they find out things have changed while they were gone; Manus's girl Jans has been unfaithful to him, Toon's father now rejects him on account of his dissolute life and barmaid Auntie Piet has been cooking up a scheme to ruin Dries' relationship with his girl Greet.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1934-02-09
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The Ghost Train
Overview: A group of travelers find themselves stranded for the night at a deserted train station, which according to the old stationmaster, has been haunted for the last 20 years.
Genres: Horror Comedy Crime
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1939-05-10
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The Four Müllers
Overview: Several generations of Mullers go to war with each other over their family business, the main branch of which is about to go belly-up.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1935-03-29
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't Was één april
Overview: When Mister Vlasman gets promoted from baking bread to making macaroni, he and his wife want to enter high society. They could not be happier when a wealthy baron offers to introduce them into the high class. What they don't realise is that this was all an April Fools' prank. Unfortunately for the pranksters, things get out of hand when a real baron visits the Vlasmans. This film is presumed lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1936-03-27
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The Good Hope
Overview: Fisherman’s widow Kniertje urges her two younger sons to set sail on the ‘Op hoop van zegen’, a heavily insured floating wreck which duly goes down in a storm. Kniertje is left behind, alone and lonely. Based on Herman Heijermans’ socialist-inspired Dutch theatre classic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1934-12-21
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Op een avond in mei
Overview: Peter Gruber, a young tenor from Vienna, gives piano lessons to Daisy, the daughter of a dentist. They fall in love and when Gruber has to perform in Antwerp, Daisy follows him there. She pretends to be an American musician and manages to get a job with Gruber's orchestra. Daisy's worried father sets off in pursuit of his daughter, accompanied by a certain miss Lola.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1936-12-11
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