Coen Hissink
Also Known As: Johan Coenraad Hissink
Biography: Johan Coenraad "Coen" Hissink (5 October 1878 – 17 February 1942) was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 25 films between 1914 and 1942. He also wrote short stories and books about controversial topics such as homosexuality, prostitution and cocaine. During the Second World War, he became a member of the resistance. He was interned at Neuengamme concentration camp in 1941 and died there in 1942.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kampen, Netherlands
Birthday: October 05, 1878
Deathday: February 17, 1942
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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De laatste dagen van een eiland
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Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1938-09-16
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Pro Domo
Overview: Count De Grancé have two degenerate children. For the adolescent daughter there is still some hope, as her main vice appears to be that she devours the novels of Emile Zola. The son leads a dissolute life in gambling dens, where he cheats at cards, and in night-clubs he associates with dancers. [As of 2024, it appears only a 12-minute fragment of the film survives, at EYE Filmmuseum.]
Genres: Crime
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1918-09-21
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Links
Overview: When self-made businessman Pancras Duif decides to marry his much younger housekeeper, his entire family protests; eager to protect the family capital, sons Henk, Jan and Toon enlist a psychiatrist for help. The film is considered lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1920-01-09
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De bruut
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Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1922-02-09
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A Telegram from Mexico
Overview: Short feature film about a colonist who gets caught up in the revolution in Mexico. Back at home, they anxiously wait for news. A Telegram from Mexico is one of the short fictional films that Filmfabriek Hollandia produced before the First World War. The film, directed by Louis H. Chrispijn Sr., tells the story of Willem Vandoorn, a Dutch colonist in Mexico. When the revolution breaks out, the young man decides to go back to his homeland. He sends his parents a telegram announcing his planned return. When his journey is delayed by a rebel attack, his parents - already worried about the many dramatic newspaper articles - fear the worst. These nervous suspicions even lead the blind father to have a vision, in which he sees his son's execution.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1914-06-08
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The Secret of the Lighthouse
Overview: Young poacher Hendrik van Norden has seriously wounded a game-keeper, who has not recognized him. There was, however, one witness: captain Van Oort, but he promises to keep silent. Five years later Hendrik has become a lighthouse-keeper and is courting Annie. Van Oort is also trying to win Annie's affections, and in his jealousy he decides to remind Hendrik of what he knows about his past...
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1916-01-14
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Alexandra
Overview: Drama about the unhappily married Alexandra who hopes to recover from tuberculosis in a mountain resort, but instead meets the multimillionaire Edgar Buchanan.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-06-08
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De vrouw Clasina
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1915-09-03
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De vloek van het testament
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Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1915-02-16
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Ontmaskerd
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1915-09-24
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The man in the background
Overview: The guests at Count Otto von Trepow's East Prussian estate Gross-Ehrenfeld are Lord and Lady Ruthven, Mr Hendriks with his wife and foster-daughter Mariska, a gypsy they adopted years ago, Kundry, the fiancée of Otto's son Bernhard, and Count Stanislaus Larinski, who claims to be a Polish revolutionary wanted by the Russian government. A boating trip is organized but ends when the motor breaks down. While waiting for it to be repaired, the guests go to an inn run by Andreas and his daughter Käthe. Hendriks goes for a walk, sees the boat come back and that a man with a bent back leaves it. He notices that Kundry is afraid of Bernhard.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-09-08
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The Wreck in the North Sea
Overview: Het wrak in de Noordzee ('The North Sea Wreck') is a fisherman's drama about the romance between the daughter of a Scheveningen captain and a young fisherman. Their love is threatened when another fisherman sinks the boat of his rival, and blackmails the girl's father to give away her hand in marriage. Eventually the missing fisherman pops up again, and marries his beloved. His criminal rival is punished.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1915-11-05
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The Black Tulip
Overview: In 17th century Holland, a faction of royalists is scheming to restore the monarchy and jail the De Witt brothers, who control the Republic. At the same time Tulip Fever is raging, and bulb-grower Cornelis van Baerle tries to obtain the secret of black tulips. Van Baerle will soon find himself threatened by radical royalists and rival bulb-grower Isaac van Boxtel.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1921-08-19
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Klokslag twaalf
Overview: On his wedding day, mere hours before the statute of limitations for his crimes expires, revengeful mobsters abduct former criminal Jean Verdier. The gang leader's daughter - who's still in love with Jean - tries to stall the police until the clock strikes twelve and he can no longer be prosecuted.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1936-11-05
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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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Merijntje Gijzen's Boyhood
Overview: Merijntje Gijzen is a small boy growing up in Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. One day, out on one of his walks, he meets infamous poacher 'De Kruik,' and the two become friends. De Kruik is in love with Janekee but she is more interested in the new village policeman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1936-09-17
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Toil of Men
Overview: Unaware of its contents, kind-hearted captain Beets delivers a package containing smuggled diamonds to Balthazar, the far from honest owner of an Amsterdam dance-hall. To double his profit, Balthazar shoots the innocent captain in cold blood and makes it appear as if Beets has committed suicide. The captain's daughter Eva and her sweetheart, young author Willy Vermeer, see through Balthazar's plans and will not rest until the criminal is punished for his deed.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1921-10-28
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De man zonder hart
Overview: When his colleague presents him with (forged) evidence of his wife Sylvette's unfaithfulness, factory owner Jean Sourdier kills him in a fit of rage. After fifteen years in prison he is determined to take revenge on his wife by killing Ninette, a daughter from her second marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1937-04-23
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Blood Money
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-22
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Levensschaduwen
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1916-07-21
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Het proces Begeer
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1918-03-15
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