Johan Kaart
Also Known As: Johan Kaart jr., Job Kaart
Biography: Johannes 'Johan' Kaart Jr. (1897-1976) was a Dutch actor. He started performing on stage at age 16. Together with Fien de la Mar and Jan van Ees he founded the 'Nieuwe Tooneel' theatre company in 1932. Because of his natural comedic timing, his first on-screen performance in 'De Jantjes' (released abroad as 'The Tars') made him a fan favourite and launched his succesful cinematic career.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Amsterdam
Birthday: February 17, 1887
Deathday: February 01, 1976
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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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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Malle gevallen
Overview: Three students decide to share a flat, each courting a young woman. While they pass the time teasing their rival Piet Janssen (de Klit) and nosy neighbour Mr. Smallebroek, rumours and arguments threaten to drive the boys and their crushes apart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1934-09-28
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Sterren Stralen Overal
Overview: Worried about the ‘declining morals’ of 1950s Amsterdam, taxi driver Piet Amstel decides to emigrate to Australia. The government drive to build atomic shelters and the incessant Dutch rain only strengthen his purpose, as Amstel figures sunny Australia would make a positive change for his family. But first he needs to bring his daughter and her criminal boyfriend back on the right path.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1953-01-30
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Rififi in Amsterdam
Overview: Petty criminal Bert Oliemans goes down for stealing jewellery from a former SS man. After his release he is constantly followed by police commissioner Van Houthem and a greedy gang leader, both out to get their hands on the stolen jewels.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1962-10-03
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Kleren maken de man
Overview: A secret document, a stolen dress suit, two dimwitted crooks, the love of a man for a woman. It all results in a roller coaster ride for a young insurance agent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1957-10-11
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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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Ciske the Rat
Overview: “Ciske de Rat” belongs to the Dickensean “little man’s hard life” model and tells a deceptively simple story about a boy in modern Netherlands. Persecution, loneliness, adults’ hostility, fear, mixture of obstinacy and tenderness, and even an imprisonment. Excellent camera movement and delicate portraying of Ciske’s fragile soul put this film out of merely historical context and ensure its place in the history of great cinema.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1955-10-07
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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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'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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A Kingdom for a Horse
Overview: Heintje Blom, a simple working woman, is told to move into a villa in a posh part of town. The inhabitants are none too pleased, but in spite of the class division a romance blossoms between the rich family’s son and Heintje’s daughter. The two families warm to each other in the end and the happy pair is united in wedded bliss. This comedy about the post-war housing shortage marked the return of the feature length Dutch film to the cinemas.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1949-03-11
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De big van het regiment
Overview: Diary fragments tell of the arrival of Belgian refugees across the Dutch border in winter 1915. Reserve lieutenant Berkhage returns from the Belgian border with a refugee child. Named "Big" by the company the kid soon becomes the regimental darling.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1935-04-19
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Kermisgasten
Overview: Circus artists Jan and Annie are in possession of jewels that were - unbeknownst to them - stolen from the famous Jolly Sisters. Mistaking them for the thieves, two bumbling detectives infiltrate the Dutch theatre-life.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1936-02-13
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